He attended Primary and Secondary School in the town of his birth, Keszthely. He had excellent grades so he was accepted to the Eötvös Collage in 1924 where he studied history and geography. He became member of the Hungarian Association of Geology while at collage. He wrote his doctorate on the geography of the Hills of Keszthely. Due to the recommendation of his teachers Cholnoky Jenő and Teleki Pál, he received scholarship and spent the years 1928-29 at the University of Berlin.