Julia Burkart fist completed a Bachelor's degree in International Relations at the University of Geneva before obtaining her law degree from the University of Basel in 2025. During her studies, she worked as a research assistant for Prof. Dr. iur. Roland Fankhauser and at the Institute for European Global Studies of the University of Basel. 

For an exchange semester at National Taiwan University and as a junior officer of the Trade Office of Swiss Industries, she spent two years in Taipei before returning to Switzerland in January 2025 to complete her Master's degree.