I le 1979, na maua ai e Hawass se tikeri o le bachelor of arts i le Greek and Roman Archaeology mai le Iunivesite o Alexandria i Alexandria, Aikupito i le 1967. I le 1979, na maua ai e Hawass se tipiloma i le Egyptology mai le Iunivesite o Cairo. Ona galue ai lea o Hawass i le Great Pyramids o se tagata suʻesuʻe-o se tuufaatasiga o le pule ma le tagata suʻesuʻe anamua. Ina ua 33 ona tausaga, na tuuina atu ia Hawass se Fellowship Fulbright e auai i le Iunivesite o Pennsylvania i Filatelefaia e suesue i le Egyptology, ma maua ai se tikeri o le master of arts i le Egyptology ma Syro-Palestinian Archaeology i le 1983, ma lana PhD i Aikupito i le 1987 mai le Graduate Group i le Art and Archaeology of the Mediterranean World (AAMW), ma taulai atu i le "The Funerary Establishments of Eskafu, Khafra, and Menura During the Old Kingdom?"
Iunivesite o Cairo