Ta yi karatu a Convent of Yesu da Mary School a New Delhi, kuma ya sauke karatu daga Lady Shri Ram College, wani ɓangare na Jami'ar Delhi a New Delhi, tare da digiri a fannin siyasa a shekarar 1964. Suu Kyi ta ci gaba da karatunta a Kwalejin St Hugh, Oxford, inda ta sami digiri na BA a fannin Falsafa, Siyasa da Tattalin Arziki a shekarar 1967, inda ta kammala karatun digiri na uku da digiri na MA a fannin siyasa a shekarar 1968. Bayan kammala karatun, ta zauna a New York tare da abokinta Ma Than E, wanda ya kasance sanannen mawaƙa. Ta yi aiki a jakadan Burmese na tsawon shekaru uku, da farko a kan al'amuran yau da kullun, zuwa Indiya da Nepal a shekarar 1960, kuma Aung San Suu Kyi ta bi ta can. Ta yi karatu a Kwalejin Yesu da Maryamu a New Delhi, kuma ta kammala karatun digiri daga kwalejin Lady Shri Ram, wani bangare na Jami'ar Delhi a New Delhi, tare da digiri a fannin siyasa a shekarar 1964.
Makarantar Nazarin Gabas da Afirka, Jami'ar London