Ramin Shikhaliyev was born on 12 July 1979 in the village of Kalakhan in the Lerik district. During his school years he studied for 5 years at an art school. In 1997 he was admitted to the Azerbaijan State University of Culture and Arts to study drama and film acting. In 2001 he graduated from the Faculty of Theatre and Film Arts of the Azerbaijan State University of Culture and Arts with a degree in drama and film acting. That same year he was admitted to the master's program in Theatre Studies at the university's Faculty of Art Studies. He completed his master's degree in 2003.
