Esad Hećimović attained a [[Bachelor's degree]] in philosophy and sociology at the Faculty of Philosophy, at the [[University of Sarajevo]].{{cn}}
Besides this formal education, he attended the Economic Reporting Workshop in New York and Washington, D.C. in July–August 1999; a study trip abroad in Germany, Hungary and Turkey, including Ankara, Istanbul, Sanliurfa, Antalya; a lecture and public debate about reporting on war crimes "L'eccidio dei tre volontari italiani e i crimini di guerra in Bosnia. Tra memoria, ricerca della verità e giustizia" in Brescia, Italy; a State Department-sponsored conference on Bosnia in Washington, DC in 2003; attended conference on “Islamism and European security”<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bundesheer.at/wissen-forschung/publikationen/person.php?id=950|title=Bundesheer - Wissenschaftliche Publikationen - Esad Hećimović|website=www.bundesheer.at|language=de|access-date=2017-09-20}}</ref> June 15–16, University of Aarhus, Denmark sponsored by the Danish Social Science Research Council and hosted by the Department of Political Science, University of Aarhus in 2006; a study trip program through the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office to study British Muslims<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fes-prishtina.org/wb/media/2015/Internacional%20Conference%20final%20Publication%20print_Krenar%20Shala.pdf|title=International Conference Publication Print|last=Hećimović|first=Esad|website=Fes-Pristina|page=50}}</ref> in London and Manchester also in 2006; attended conference on “Religious Extremism vs. International Peace Efforts: Lessons learned and preventive strategies in the Middle East and West Balkans”<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bundesheer.at/pdf_pool/publikationen/pfpc_rssee_reichenau_2011.pdf|title=RSSEE May 2011 Publication|last=Hećimović|first=Esad|website=Bundesheer|pages=97–112}}</ref> National Defense Academy, Institute for Peace and Conflict Management, Vienna, Austria in 2007; was a featured speaker on transnational investigative journalism, SKUP<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dataharvest2014.sched.com/directory/speakers/descriptions/1|title=Dataharvest 2014 Schedule|website=dataharvest2014.sched.com|access-date=2017-09-20}}</ref> investigative journalism conference, Oslo, Norway in 2009; attended Warsaw Central Europe Initiative (CEI) Journalist's Forum in cooperation with SEEMO:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.univie.ac.at/seemo/deScripto%20Grcka%20low.pdf|title=De Scripto|last=Hećimović|first=Esad|website=Univie|page=31}}</ref> Special mention in recognition of "valuable contribution to investigative journalism" in 2009; attended the conference “Building historical narratives”,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/building-historical-narratives-the-bamiyan-project-to-convene-groundbreaking-conference-focusing-on-areas-emerging-from-conflict-118658844.html|title=Building Historical Narratives: The Bamiyan Project to Convene Groundbreaking Conference Focusing on Areas Emerging From Conflict|website=www.prnewswire.com|language=en|access-date=2017-09-20}}</ref> The Bamiyan Project, Washington, Colonial Williamsburg in March 2011. He also attended the 22nd Workshop of the PfP Consortium Study Group “Regional Stability in South East Europe” “From Bosnia and Herzegovina to Northern Kosovo – Coping with the Remaining Impasses in the Western Balkans”<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ethz.ch/content/specialinterest/gess/cis/center-for-securities-studies/en/services/digital-library/publications/publication.html/137018|title=Publication|website=www.ethz.ch|language=en|access-date=2017-09-20}}</ref> Chateau Rothschild, Reichenau / Rax in May 2011 and was a speaker at the [[NATO]] PA Rose-Roth Seminar<ref>{{Cite journal|title=NATO Parliamentary Assembly 88TH ROSE-ROTH SEMINAR REPORT|journal=88Th Rose-Roth Seminar Report|page=5|via=NATO Parliamentary Assembly}}</ref> in 2015.