 He received a diploma in theoretical mathematics and physics from the University of Zagreb in 1931, and began work as an assistant in the teaching of mathematics the same year.Kurepa then went to the Collège de France and the University of Paris, where he received his doctoral diploma in 1935; his advisor was French mathematician Maurice René Fréchet, and his thesis was titled "Ensembles ordonnés et ramifiés".Kurepa continued to receive post-doctoral education at Warsaw University in Poland and the University of Paris.