Membership

Rutgers Recreation Memberships

Rutgers Recreation memberships provide you with access to our wide range of programs, services, and facilities designed to meet your physical, social, recreational, and educational needs.

Alumni and Sponsored Member Membership sales are available at the Sonny Werblin Recreation Center.  

Complimentary Memberships

  • Rutgers Students (who are enrolled in the current semester and have a paid Campus Fee)
  • Rutgers & RBHS Class 1 Employees
  • RBHS School of Graduate Studies Students
  • Rutgers Chaplains
  • Rutgers Foundation Staff
  • Rutgers ROTC Staff
  • Rutgers Retirees

You have a paid membership through your Rutgers Campus Fee on your term bill or your collective bargaining unit's contract and are able to use our recreation/fitness centers in New Brunswick as well as virtual and in-person Fitness & Wellness Classes! You can confirm your membership status by logging into the Recreation Portal and accessing your profile. Click here for instructions on using the portal.

Memberships Available for Purchase

Pricing Options

  • 1 Month without Parking - $54
  • 1 Month with Parking - $104
  • 12 Months with Parking - $415

We offer Alumni memberships to provide you with access to our facilities and services.  Membership fees provide alumni with access to all five of our recreation/fitness centers in New Brunswick, use of open recreation space (fitness centers, multi-sports courts, multi-purpose rooms, pools, racquet sports, locker rooms), and Fitness & Wellness classes.

Your membership purchase will also provide you with student pricing for our fee-based services and programs such as certification classes, swim lessons, massage therapy and wellness services, personal training, etc.

If you are a first-time member, please stop in at the Sonny Werblin Recreation Center to purchase your membership.  Renewals can be completed via self-service online using the Recreation Portal.

Pricing Options

  • 1 Month without Parking - $45
  • 1 Month with Parking - $95
  • 12 Months with Parking - $375

​Any current student, faculty, staff or alumni with an active Recreation membership can purchase an Affiliate – Sponsored Member membership for non-affiliates over the age of 18.  Membership fees provide the non-affiliate with access to all five of our recreation/fitness centers in New Brunswick, use of open recreation space (fitness centers, multi-sports courts, multi-purpose rooms, pools, racquet sports, locker rooms) and Fitness & Wellness classes.

Sponsored Member memberships also include access to student pricing for our fee-based services and programs such as certification classes, swim lessons, massage therapy and wellness services, personal training, etc.

Sponsored Member membership purchases require the sponsoring student/faculty/staff/alumni member and the non-affiliate to both be present and can be purchased at the Sonny Werblin Recreation Center.

Pricing Options

  • 1 Month - $45
  • 12 Months - $375

Depending on the classification of your current or previous role, you may be required to purchase a membership to access the Recreation centers.

You can confirm your membership status by logging into the Recreation Portal and accessing your profile.  Click here for instructions on using the portal.

If you have an active membership listed under My Memberships, you have access to our centers and Fitness & Wellness classes. 

If you do not have an active membership listed under My Memberships, you are required to purchase an RU Employee membership through the Recreation Portal in order to gain access to recreation centers.  The RU Employee membership also includes access to all of our Fitness & Wellness classes.  The RU Employee membership provides access to student pricing for our fee-based services and programs such as certification classes, swim lessons, massage therapy and wellness services, personal training, etc.

Parking passes are not available for RU Employee memberships.  Please contact Rutgers Parking and Transportation for rules and regulations related to your university parking permit.

*(RBHS Students excluding School of Graduate Studies)*

Pricing Options

  • 1 Month - $26
  • 12 Months - $312

**CAN PURCHASE / RENEW ONLINE THROUGH THE MEMBER SELF-SERVICE PORTAL**


New Jersey Medical School

Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

School of Health Professions

School of Dental Medicine

School of Nursing

School of Public Health

Students enrolled in the programs listed above do not pay for recreation access through their term bill campus fees and must purchase a membership.  Membership fees (equivalent to the Rutgers student recreation access fee as part of the Campus Fee) provide RBHS students with access to our recreation/fitness centers in New Brunswick as well as virtual and in-person Fitness & Wellness classes.

By purchasing a membership, you would also have access to student pricing for our fee-based services and programs such as certification classes, swim lessons, massage therapy and wellness services, personal training, etc.

You can confirm your membership status and purchase a membership by logging into the Recreation Portal and accessing your profile.  Click here for instructions on using the portal.

Parking passes are not available for RU Student memberships.  Please contact Rutgers Parking and Transportation for rules and regulations related to your university parking permit.



Visit our Operating Status page for instructions on accessing our facilities.

Connect with someone from our team! rec.memberships@echo.rutgers.edu