A 9-year-old Belgian child, Laurent Simmons, is preparing to pass a bachelor's degree exam from a Dutch university after successfully passing his high school diploma at the age of eight.

The child, Laurent Simmons, is studying electrical engineering, according to the German site Ducci Villa.

According to the German website, Laurent, who has an IQ of 145%, learns at a staggering pace that takes only one week to absorb the material that ordinary students need to absorb to eight weeks.

It is noteworthy that Laurent was thinking of "becoming a surgeon or astronaut, but changed his mind to decide to enter the world of information and computer.