Dennis Lacson Cunanan is a graduate of Executive Education from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. He also managed to obtain the following degrees: Masters in Public Administration, Bachelor of Laws, Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration and Bachelors of Arts in Public Administration. During his student days at the University of the Philippines in Diliman, he was elected by the student body from the entire UP System to serve as their Student Regent in 1994 to 1995.