THE HAGUE, Dec 11 — A nine-year-old Belgian boy who was due to graduate in electrical engineering has dropped out of his Dutch university due to a dispute over the end date of his degree, his father said yesterday. Young prodigy Laurent Simons hit the headlines worldwide when it emerged he was on...
Nine-year-old Belgian student Laurent Simons, studies electrical engineering at the University of Technology in Eindhoven, Netherlands November 20, 2019. — Reuters pic
Young prodigy Laurent Simons hit the headlines worldwide when it emerged he was on course to receive his degree from the Eindhoven University of Technology in December and become one of the world’s youngest graduates. “Today he already got two offers” from foreign universities, Alexander Simons said. “We have good times ahead of us.”
“Laurent is an unprecedently talented boy whose way of working is exceptional. Nevertheless, the university did not believe that this end date was feasible given the number of exams Laurent had to pass before his 10th birthday on December 26.”
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