9-year-old boy from the Netherlands will soon receive a university degree
The youngest prodigy ever.
The youngest person to earn a higher education degree will soon be 9-year-old prodigy Laurent Simons from the Netherlands, who will graduate from Eindhoven University of Technology in a few months. BBC reports.
Currently, the youngest holder of a higher education degree is American Michael Kearney, who graduated from the University of Alabama at the age of 10.
Laurent Simons is studying in the electrical engineering faculty. He entered the university just a year ago. The boy completed the six-year secondary and high school program in a year and a half, so last summer, at the age of 8, he already received his secondary school diploma. After summer holidays, Laurent began studying at the university and progressed through the program much faster than all of his classmates.
The young prodigy's IQ is 145, and he also has a photographic memory. The boy says mathematics is his favourite subject because it includes algebra, geometry and statistics. In the future, Laurent dreams of becoming a cardiac surgeon. While still at school, he completed a course at the medical faculty of the University of Amsterdam.
Another dream of Simons is to find a means that would extend human life.
The parents of the young genius said they realised fairly early that a prodigy was growing up in their family. According to them, as a child Laurent was not particularly interested in toys, unlike all his peers.
When Laurent Simons entered university a year ago, his father said: "If he decides to become a carpenter tomorrow, it will not be a problem for us. If it makes him happy."
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