After studying classical literature at the Jesuits in Marseille, Michel Orcel graduated from the Institut d'études politiques de Paris (Public Service department., class 1974),[1] he gave up his preparation studies to the ENA and moved to the Sorbonne: he obtained a master's degree in philosophy under the direction of Claude Tresmontant) and a DEA in Islamology under the direction of Roger Arnaldez, he finally defended a doctoral thesis in Literature and Human Sciences (Italian Studies, directed by Mario Fusco[2]) and obtained in 1996 his authorization to direct doctoral research (University of Tours).[3]