 After graduating from the school Antonianum in Vechta in 1974, Bellut studied Political Science, History and Journalism at the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster from 1975 to 1982.During his studies he was a scholar of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, finishing his studies with a PhD.Before Bellut transferred to the TV channel ZDF in Mainz, he worked from 1983 to 1984 at the newspaper "Westfälische Nachrichten" in Münster.