Supreme Court allows university study periods as non-contributory pension periods if completed on one track per law.

The Supreme Court of Poland overturned a lower court decision that denied pension credit for university studies. The applicant argued that his studies at two different universities on the same track should count as a non-contributory period, while the Social Insurance Institution limited the credit to only three years. The Court ruled that the statutory provision allows full credit based on the program's defined duration regardless of whether the degree was completed before or after the academic year ended, provided the studies were on a single track.