U fiirso qoraalka hoose ka dibna ka jawaab su'aasha kadib isla luqadda qoraalka:  1245 Thomas waxaa loo diray in uu wax ka barto Jaamacadda Paris, halkaas oo uu kula kulmay aqoonyahankii Dominican Albertus Magnus, ka dibna haystaha Guddoomiyaha Theology ee Kulliyadda St. James ee Paris. Markii Albertus ay u direen madaxda sare si uu wax uga baro studium generale cusub ee Cologne sanadkii 1248, Thomas ayaa raacay, isaga oo diiday dalabkii Pope Innocent IV ee ahaa in loo magacaabo abbot of Monte Cassino oo ah Dominican. Albertus wuxuu markaas magacaabay Thomas magister studentium oo diidan. Sababtoo ah Thomas wuu aamusnaa oo wax badan ma uusan hadlin, qaar ka mid ah ardayda kale waxay u maleeyeen inuu gaabis yahay. Laakiin Albertus wuxuu si saadaalin ah u yiri: "Waxaad ugu yeertaan dibi carrab la' ah, laakiin waxbaristiisa wuxuu maalin maalmaha ka mid ah soo saari doonaa qaylo-dhaan noocan oo kale ah oo laga maqli doono adduunka oo dhan". Thomas wuxuu wax ku baray Cologne isaga oo ah macallin macallin ah (baccalaureus biblicus), isagoo ardayda baraya buugaagta Axdiga Hore wuxuuna qoray Expositio super Isaiam ad litteram (Faallo Qoraal ah oo ku saabsan Ishacyaah), Postilla super Ieremiam (Faallo ku saabsan Yeremyaah) iyo Postilla super Threnos (Faallo ku saabsan baroorashada). Kadib sanadkii 1252 wuxuu dib ugu laabtay Paris si uu u helo shahaadada mastarka cilmiga diinta. Wuxuu ka hadlay Kitaabka Quduuska ah isaga oo macallin ah, markii uu noqday baccalaureus Sententiarum (bachelor of the Sentences) wuxuu saddexdii sano ee ugu dambeysay ee waxbarashadiisa u hibeeyay faallo ku saabsan Peter Lombard's Sentences. Intii ugu horeysay ee afartiisa macnaha guud ee fiqi ahaaneed, Thomas wuxuu sameeyay faallo ballaaran oo ku saabsan Xukunka cinwaan looga dhigay Scriptum super libros Sententiarium (Faallo ku saabsan Xukunka). Marka laga soo tago qoraalladii sayidkiisa, wuxuu u qoray De ente et essentia (On Being and Essence) oo loogu talagalay asxaabtiisa Dominicans ee Paris. Gugii 1256 Thomas waxaa loo magacaabay maamule macalin cilmiga diinta ee Paris iyo mid ka mid ah shaqooyinkiisii ugu horreeyay markii uu qabtay xafiiskaan wuxuu ahaa Contra impugnantes Dei cultum et religionem (Ka dhanka ah kuwa weerara cibaadada Ilaah iyo Diinta), difaacaya amarrada dawarsashada, oo uu weeraray William of Saint-Amour. Intii uu xilka hayey 1256 ilaa 1259, Thomas...  Su'aal: Goorma ayuu Thomas dib ugu laabtay Paris?
1252 wax ka badan