Mojgan Hariri received her Bachelor of Architecture Degree from Cornell University in 1981. While attending Cornell, she went on a program to Holland and studied Dutch Architecture and Modern Housing. She was the recipient of Alexander Eschweiler prize in 1981, for high scholastic achievement while working towards her Master’s Degree. Mojgan studied Urban Design under Colin Rowe and in 1983 received her Master of Architecture in Urban Design from Cornell University. She apprenticed at the office of James Stewart Polshek & Partners in New York City before forming her own practice in 1986.