Bank and phone

Banking and phone in Ukraine

How students pay fees, receive money and stay connected in Ukraine.

Example bank

Example: everyday account

Example card only. It is not a real account. The sign ₴ means Ukrainian hryvnia (UAH).

Banks

Receiving money from home

Family can send money to Ukraine through money transfer services.

Banks

One example of a bank that receives transfers.

PrivatBank

Receive money any time, day or night, through money transfer services such as Western Union and MoneyGram

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Account

Paying your university

You can pay tuition (course fees) in US dollars from abroad. I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University (TNMU) gives bank details at Raiffeisen Bank and PrivatBank.

Tips

Ask your university's foreign students' office which bank it works with

Phone

Mobile phone

Mobile networks work across Ukraine. Universities use generators (machines that make power) and Starlink (internet from satellites) to keep power and internet on.

Tips

Useful tips

Small things that help.

Money tips

Know your fee currency
Many universities set fees in US dollars (USD). National Pirogov Memorial Medical University, Vinnytsya (VNMU) charges in hryvnia at the National Bank of Ukraine rate on the day you pay, so the amount changes.
Hostel fees need a Ukrainian account
At I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University (TNMU) the hostel (student housing) fee can only be paid in Ukraine or from a Ukrainian bank account.

Phone tips