柯洁正式保送清华大学
Ke Jie, the world's number 1 Go player, has been enrolled at China's prestigious Tsinghua University.
世界头号围棋选手柯洁已正式被清华大学录取。
The seven-time world champion is expected to become a freshman in autumn.
The world's youngest Go champion is one of 948 high-performers in sport to be admitted to 85 universities across China without the need to take the gaokao, China's college entrance exams. They were offered the gaokao exemption in recognition of their achievements in sports, according to a notice released by the Ministry of Education on Monday.
Despite being able to skip the gaokao, Ke still had to pass an enrollment exam organized by Tsinghua University in April.
After battling the best in artificial intelligence in competition, the 21-year-old has decided to skip IT and study business management instead.