Vayanos graduated with a Diplôme d'Ingénieur from the École Polytechnique in Paris in 1988, and then completed his doctoral studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); his PhD was awarded in 1993 with a thesis entitled "Three essays in microeconomic theory"; his doctoral adviser was Jean Tirole."Dimitri Vayanos Curriculum Vitae", London School of Economics (July 2019). Retrieved 28 August 2019.
