 His mentor recommended him to go United States and gained a doctorate degree in Material physics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.He went to United States for higher studies.In 1971, he got his PhD in Condensed Matter Physics under the supervision of Leo Kadanoff from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, US Sadiq was a guest lecturer at International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP).