Ya koyi game da ilmin halitta da wuri daga mahaifinsa Eugène Nicolle, likita a asibitin Rouen. Ya yi karatu a Lycée Pierre Corneille a Rouen. Ya sami M.D. a 1893 daga Cibiyar Pasteur. A wannan lokacin ya koma Rouen, a matsayin memba na Kwalejin Likita har zuwa 1896 sannan kuma a matsayin Daraktan Laboratory Laboratory. Tambaya: Yaushe aka karɓi MD?
Shekara ta 1893