Diploma at 10: Who became the youngest university graduate in the world

25.04.2024 07:24

It turns out that higher education can be obtained in childhood.

To do this, you need to get a school certificate early (by passing the exams as an external student), immediately enroll in a university, and become a graduate after a few years.

A similar path was taken by US citizen Michael Kevin Kearney.

The man is now 40 years old. He graduated from university 30 years ago.

Biography of Michael Kevin Kearney

Michael was born in Hawaii in early 1984.

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The boy received his school education very early. The child prodigy graduated from high school at the age of 6.

Then Michael became a student at the Santa Rosa Junior College. The child studied in the specialty of "geology". The child prodigy received a document on completion of this educational institution at the age of 8.

And at the age of 10, Michael successfully completed his undergraduate studies at the University of South Alabama.

This achievement allowed the boy to become the world's youngest university graduate and to be included in the Guinness Book of Records.

The child prodigy did not stop at his bachelor's degree. At the age of 14, he defended his dissertation and became a master's degree in biochemistry.

Michael Kevin Kearney became a college teacher at the age of 17.

Earlier we told you about the youngest medical specialist in history .

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