After finishing her primary education, Hilana Sedarous enrolled at "Madraset Al Saneyah" (a girls' boarding school in Cairo).
She later went to a teacher training university, where after 2 years (in 1922), she received a scholarship and was sent with 5 other female Egyptian students to London to study mathematics.
She, along with Zainab Kamel, were considered to be the first female Egyptian students to be sent to study in England.
She also enrolled at London School of Medicine, where she became a certified physician and finished her doctorate in 1930.
Dr. Sedarous was well known for her selflessness and generosity, and she had a soft spot for orphans and orphanages.