Yale Services & Privileges for Non-Married Heterosexual Partners

The Graduate School offers the following benefits and services to non-married heterosexual partners of graduate and professional students.

Shuttle Bus Guest Pass
Yale graduate/professional students will be issued a shuttle bus guest pass for their partners by going to the Parking and Transit Office at 155 Whitney Avenue and completing the form available there. This pass will enable the user to ride the shuttle bus and mini-bus free of charge.

Athletic Facilities
Yale graduate/professional students may purchase a membership for their partners at Payne Whitney Gymnasium and the Yale Golf Course at the same rates as employees and affiliates. When purchasing a membership for his/her partner, the student will need to show a Yale ID card and some form of documentation indicating that the two reside at the same address.

Library Borrowing Privileges
A registered graduate/professional student in good standing with the Library may purchase borrowing privileges at the Yale University Library for his/her partner at the rate of $50 per semester or $100 per year, with the same level of privileges as is provided to affiliates. The student and his/her partner must appear together at the Library Privileges Office, complete and sign a form identifying the student and his/her partner, and present documentation of shared residence. (e.g., apartment lease with both names, valid passports or driver’s licenses , or recent bank statement, credit card bill, or utility bill). As is required for all persons for whom Library privileges are extended who are not current employees or students, the partner will also be required to provide a credit card number and sign an authorization that all financial obligations incurred to the Yale University Library may be charged to the credit card.

Yale Bookstore
Students, faculty, and staff with a valid Yale ID are currently provided a 10% discount on items purchased. The Bookstore is willing to grant this same discount to those individuals with a shuttle bus guest pass. The bus pass must be shown with a second form of identification upon checkout in order to receive the 10% discount.

Yale Discount card
Through an initiative developed by the Yale College Council, the University has established and distributed a card to all students, faculty and staff that provides discounts at selected area stores. This card will also be available to graduate/professional student partners at campus locations, including the McDougal Center at HGS.