Toghrul Valikhanli graduated from the Faculty of Philology, Department of Russian Language and Literature at Baku Slavic University in 2012. In 2020, he completed his second bachelor's degree at the Faculty of Law of Cairo University. In 2022, he earned his Master of Business Law (MBL) degree in European and International Energy Law from the Technical University of Berlin, with a thesis titled "EU-Azerbaijan Energy Cooperation in Times of Energy Transition and Energy Security Challenges." In 2025, he was admitted to the PhD program in International Relations at Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University. Toghrul Valikhanli, a native speaker of Azerbaijani Turkic, is fluent in English, Russian, and Arabic. His research areas include Investor-State Arbitration, Energy Law and Policy, Russian Foreign Policy, Middle East Studies, International Law, and International Relations.