Provident Fund news: Don't know your UAN or want to generate it? Here's how The Universal Account number or UAN is a 12-digit number allocated to the employee by the Company with an active PF (Provident Fund) account. File photo Updated: Apr 10, 2021, 05:51 PM IST Provident Fund (PF) is the retirement fund employees and is an important investment option as it comes with assured fixed return and social security. Every employee of a company has a Universal Account Number or UAN. This is a 12-digit number allocated to the employee by the Company with an active PF (Provident Fund) account. Employees can conveniently access their PF profile with this Universal Account Number. By just accessing the UAN homepage through the log in, they can download online passbooks, transfer requests and adjustments.