 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mukati mezhizha ra 1868, baba vake vakamuendesa kumakuva kunotsvaka zvisaririra zvavanhu nokuda kwefundo yomuviri womunhu. Mifananidzo yokutanga yemapfupa yakamuita kuti adzidze zvokurapa. Ramón y Cajal akapinda chikoro chokurapa paYunivhesiti yeZaragoza, uko baba vake vaishanda somudzidzisi weanatomy. Akapedza kudzidza muna 1873, ava nemakore 21, uye akazoshanda somukuru mukuru wezvokurapa muuto reSpain. Akatora rutivi murwendo rwokuCubamuna 187475, apo akabatwa nemarariya neTB. Kuti abatsirwe kupora, Ramón y Cajal akapedza nguva ari mutaundi rinonaya mvura rinonzi Panticosa riri mumakomo ePyrenees. 