Can I pay social security during graduate school?

Legal analysis: no, graduate students do not meet the prerequisites for social security payment. The premise of personal social security must be the city's urban hukou (only the cities and towns in this city have files to keep their jobs or talents; Local employment agencies or talents in foreign towns can also apply for their own insurance through local employment agencies or talents; There is no file in the rural hukou, so it is temporarily impossible to apply for an insurance). Full-time graduate students, whose files must be filed in the school, do not belong to the urban hukou of this city, nor do they belong to the laborers who participate in labor relations, so they cannot participate in social security. The Social Insurance Law clearly stipulates that it is a legal obligation and responsibility for enterprises to pay social insurance for employees. If they fail to pay or pay in full, they will be punished according to the law. Employees are unwilling to pay social insurance, which violates the provisions of the social insurance law and is illegal. Therefore, although employees are required not to pay social insurance, employers should still pay social insurance for employees.

Legal basis: Article 63 of People's Republic of China (PRC) Social Insurance Law. If the employer fails to pay social insurance premiums in full and on time, the social insurance premium collection agency shall order it to pay or make up within a time limit. If the employer fails to pay or make up the social insurance premium within the time limit, the social insurance premium collection agency may inquire from banks and other financial institutions.