He earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the University of the Pacific and later a master's degree in electrical and computer engineering from the University of California at Santa Barbara.

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Federighi holds a Master of Science degree in Computer Science and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley.

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John obtained a master's degree in Computer science, with a minor in electronics engineering at the University of Wisconsin in 1980.

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