Education
Huybrechts studied mathematics from 1985 at the Humboldt University of Berlin, where in 1989 he earned his Diplom with Diplom thesis supervisor Herbert Kurke. In 1990–1992 Huybrechts studied at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in Bonn, where he earned his Doctor of Philosophy (Promotierung) in 1992 under Herbert Kurke with thesis Stabile Vektorbündel auf algebraischen Flächen.