Nine-year-old Belgian prodigy set for university degree Child prodigy Laurent Simons, 9, will graduate from the Eindhoven University of Technology before the end of the year after completing a multi-year course in less than 10 months. Son of a Belgian dad and Dutch mom, Laurent first lived in Belgium with his grandparents. Today he lives with his mom and dad in Amsterdam where he's trying to strike a balance between university life and growing up.