Mpụta asambodo First School Leaving Certificate na WASC mere ya enweta agụm akwụkwọ n'efu nke 'Eastern Nigerian Government Post Primary Scholarship' na 'Federal Government of Nigeria Undergraduate Scholarship'. O nwetara Digirii nke mbụ ya na Pharmacy B.Pharm (Hons) na-afọ 1978 na PhD ya na-afọ 1985 na UNN. Professor Akunyili bụ Post-Doctorate Fellow nke ndi 'University of London' nakwa 'Fellow nke West African Post-Graduate College of Pharmacists'. I ji kwadebe ya maka ọkwa nlekọta ya, enyere ya nkwado Computer Education Programme nke WHO/UNDP/World Bank kwadoro nakwa Senior Management skills Course in RIPA, London, n'afọ 1994 na 1998. Akunyili nwetara ọtụtụ nkwado n'efu.