I was educated at King's College, Taunton and went to the University of Cambridge in 1942.

Hewish is a fellow of Churchill College Cambridge. Awards and honors
Hewish has Honorary degrees from 6 universities including Manchester Exeter and Cambridge is a Foreign Member of the Belgian Royal Academy and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Indian National Science Academy. Hewish and Martin Ryle were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1974.

He was also awarded the Eddington Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society in 1969.