He graduated from Escola António Nobre with a final maximum grade of 20, and subsequently studied veterinary medicine in the Abel Salazar Biomedical Sciences Institute, simultaneously with his football career.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Russian Academy of Sciences | California Institute of Technology | Art Institute of Chicago | National Academy of Sciences | American Academy of Arts and Sciences | Institute for Advanced Study | American Institute of Architects | Georgia Institute of Technology | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences | Rochester Institute of Technology | Franklin Institute | Royal Institute of Technology | Pasteur Institute | Institute of Contemporary Arts | California Institute of the Arts | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers | British Film Institute | Chinese Academy of Sciences | Pratt Institute | National Cancer Institute | Virginia Military Institute | Cato Institute | Australian Institute of Sport | Illinois Institute of Technology | Curtis Institute of Music | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics | Bulgarian Academy of Sciences | Polish Academy of Sciences |