경기고등학교
Shin was educated in South Korea and the United States. He received his secondary education in Kyunggi High School. After he received B.S. degree in 1975 in the field of applied physics at Seoul National University, M.S. degree in 1977 in the field of condensed matter physics at KAIST, he carried out research at Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science till 1980. Then, he decided to continue his study in the United States and received his Ph.D. degree in 1984 in the field of materials physics at Northwestern University.