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| Maddox Jolie-Pitt, right, with his mother Angelina Jolie and siblings. / AP-Yonhap |
By Kim Se-jeong
Hollywood star Angelina Jolie's eldest son Maddox Jolie-Pitt will start classes at Yonsei University in September, the school confirmed, Tuesday.
The confirmation followed a report in People magazine the previous day.
According to the university's communication office, Jolie-Pitt, 18, has been admitted to the Underwood International College to study life science and biotechnology. The lectures there are given in English.
He will spend his first year at the university's Songdo campus along with his classmates, according to the school.
The son and mother toured Yonsei last November when she came here as a special envoy of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, raising speculation that he would enroll at Yonsei. Jolie-Pitt is the Hollywood star's adopted son from Cambodia and is said to be a big K-pop fan.
According to the magazine, Jolie-Pitt is still in the U.S. getting ready to move to Korea and studying the Korean language intensively to prepare for his stay in Korea. The magazine also reported that the son was excited about staying close to Cambodia, and that Jolie will also come here in August to drop him off.
Jolie and his ex-husband Brad Pitt have six children, three of whom are adopted.
