[1] Walid Saleh attended the American University of Beirut, and graduated with a BA in Arabic language and literature in 1989.
He received a PhD in Islamic studies from Yale University in 2001.
He received a DAAD grant in 1996–1997, and pursued his studies in Hamburg under the tutelage of the late Albrecht Noth.
[1] Saleh has received numerous honors and fellowships.
Additionally, he has received funding from the SSHRC and the Library of Congress' Kluge Foundation.