Musk was accepted into a Ph.D. program in applied physics at Stanford University in 1995. However, he left the program after just two days to pursue a career in business and technology, sensing ...

So which is it? We’re clearing up any confusion about Musk’s education. The university Musk dropped out of and why Elon Reeve Musk was born on June 28, 1971, in Pretoria, South Africa.