Hsu Tzu-ming was already well-read by the age of 14 when he was selected among the first group of students from Tsing Hua Academy (forerunner of Tsinghua University) to study abroad. He attended Wisconsin University in the United States and Heidelberg University in Germany, and eventually earned two doctorate degrees.
徐子明在十四歲前就飽讀詩書，其後以首屆清華官費留學生的身份負笈海外，在美國威斯康辛及德國海德堡大學就讀，獲得博士學位。