This 9-year-old boy is set to become ‘world’s youngest ever university graduate’

Laurent Simons, a 9-year-old child prodigy from Amsterdam, is on the cusp to gain a bachelor’s degree at the tender age of 9, and become the “world’s youngest ever university graduate”.

According to The Telegraph, the little boy has an IQ of at least 145 and will assume the mantle of the world’s youngest graduate from Michael Kearney, who completed his study from the University of Alabama at the age of 10.

Laurent is presently studying for a degree in electrical engineering at the Eindhoven University of Technology —  a course said to be tough for students of an average graduate age – and is expected to graduate in December, after completing his studies in just nine months