On his return from the army in 1918, at his father’s wish, he started a course of chemistry at the Engineering Faculty in Zagreb (1918/1919), soon transferring to the Technical High School in Vienna.
Po povratku iz vojske, 1918., prema očevoj želji, započinje studij kemije na Tehničkom fakultetu u Zagrebu (1918./19.), a ubrzo prelazi na Visoku tehničku školu u Beču.