In 1891, Curie finally made her way to Paris where she enrolled at the Sorbonne in Paris. She threw herself into her studies, but this dedication had a personal cost. With little money, Curie survived on buttered bread and tea, and her health sometimes suffered because of her poor diet. Curie completed her master's degree in physics in 1893 and earned another degree in mathematics the following year.
In 1903 Marie Curie became the first woman scientist to win a Nobel Prize; in 1911, she became the first scientist to win two Nobel Prizes. In 1903 Curie received the Nobel Prize in physics along with her husband and Henri Becquerel for their work on radioactivity. With their Nobel Prize win, the Curies developed an international reputation for their scientific efforts, and they used their prize money to continue their research.