To enjoy complimentary parking during Fall Preview, search Parking Lots M, N, or P for McMaster University in your GPS. Click this link for Google Map directions. Be sure to leave an extra 30 minutes for parking and getting to your first event.
Our Fall Preview shuttle buses run from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., which will transport you between Parking Lot N and the central campus. You will be dropped off at our Welcome Tent, where you can get a physical copy of the Fall Preview agenda, chat with our recruitment team, and plan your day ahead!
For GPS purposes please use the intersection of Sterling St. & Forsyth Ave (185 Sterling Street, Hamilton, ON) as coordinates to guide you to the campus entrance.
- From Kitchener/Waterloo, Guelph, Cambridge:Take Highway 401 to Highway 6 South. From Highway 6, exit on Highway 403 toward Hamilton, once in Hamilton, take the Main Street West (Exit 69A) off ramp. At the traffic signal at the top of the ramp, turn left onto Main Street and turn immediately right (before Husky gas station) onto Newton Avenue. As this street crosses King Street it becomes Sterling Street. Proceed up Sterling Street onto the McMaster campus. See parking details above.
- From the South Cambridge area:Take Highway 8 to Hamilton. Proceed through Dundas along King Street, which becomes Cootes Drive. Turn left on Main Street West. Proceed along Main Street and turn left on Dalewood Ave. Turn left on Sterling Street and proceed to the McMaster Campus. See parking details above.
- From Toronto, Oakville, Burlington:Travel westbound on the QEW or Highway 407. In Burlington, take Highway 403 West to Hamilton (Downtown), Brantford. Exit Highway 403 at the Main Street West (Exit 69A) off ramp. At the traffic signal at the top of the ramp, turn left onto Main Street and turn immediately right (before Husky gas station) onto Newton Avenue. As this street crosses King Street it becomes Sterling Street. Proceed up Sterling Street onto the McMaster campus. See parking details above.
- From Brantford and London:Travel on Highway 403 to the Aberdeen Avenue exit. Turn left at the first traffic light and proceed along Longwood Road, then turn left onto Main Street West. Turn right onto Newton Avenue (before Husky gas station). As this street crosses King Street it becomes Sterling Street. Proceed up Sterling Street onto the McMaster campus. See parking details above.
We recommend that you enter campus at the Sterling Street & Forsyth Avenue Entrance (185 Sterling Street, Hamilton, ON) — NOT the Main Street West Entrance. Once through the Sterling Street entrance, you have two options:
1) LEFT – L.R. Wilson Underground Parking:
- Take the first entrance on your left (after the median) to park underground
- If the sign for this lot says “Visitor Closed,” please proceed to Option #2
2) RIGHT – Other Parking Lots: B, C & Stadium Underground Parking:
- Turn right at the first available opportunity (Stearn Drive)
- Parking Lots B & C will be on your left – signs will indicate visitor parking availability
- If there are open visitor parking spaces, turn left at the fork and park in the available lot
- If the signs for these lots say “Visitor Closed,” continue straight along Stearn Drive
- Turn left at the stop sign in front of the Ivor Wynne Centre
- Once you have passed the David Braley Athletic Centre on your right, turn right at the second stop sign onto Michell Crescent
- Proceed straight along Michell Crescent
- Follow the signs for the Stadium Parking (under the football field)
- If the sign for Stadium Underground says “Visitor Closed,” you may proceed to Lot H