Despite the war, pensions and other types of social assistance continue to be paid in Ukraine. Every year in Ukraine, the amount of insurance experience required for retirement increases.. The periods of study in higher and secondary specialized educational institutions, vocational educational institutions are counted in the insurance period for pensions, but there are exceptions. The PFU explained whether periods of study at the preparatory department of the university will be counted in the insurance experience. About it writes the publication "

Studying at a university: what periods may not be counted in the insurance experience.

The PFU noted that, according to the Regulations on the preparatory department at a higher educational institution, preparatory departments, as well as preparatory courses, are created for general education for admission to a higher educational institution, training at which gives the right to enter these educational institutions without entrance exams.

Education at the preparatory departments (courses) is an additional service of an educational institution, the purpose of which is to prepare for admission to an educational institution.

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Since after studying at the preparatory departments (courses) a person does not receive certain educational and educational qualification levels, only the period from the day the student enrolled the first year of a higher educational institution to graduation or expulsion is counted in the length of service..

According to Art..

53 of the Law “On Higher Education”, a student (listener) is a person who, in accordance with the established procedure, is assigned to a higher educational institution and studies in order to obtain certain educational and educational qualification levels.

PFU specialists noted that the time of study at universities after January 1, 2004 (if the person did not work) is not counted in the length of service, since students are not subject to compulsory state pension insurance.

Earlier we wrote that how to buy additional years of insurance experience for a pension in Ukraine and how much they cost.