 Peter Madáč obtained a basic education from the local Catholic school, and later studied in Horná Slaná and Patakiho Olácha.In 1743 he arrived in Štítnik and studied grammar, Latin, and the Catechetism under Tubelu.He studied at the school in Kežmarok, in Levoča, and in Debrecen, and from 1757 onwards studied medicine in Wittenberg, Leipzig, and Berlin.