From 1962 to 1983 he resided in Italy, especially in Milan, where he attended the local Jewish school and then the Bocconi University, earning a B.A., "summa cum laude", in economics.
Roubini spent one year at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem before moving to Milan, Italy, where he received his B.A., "summa cum laude", in economics from the Bocconi University in 1982.