A 12-year-old Indonesian boy will start university classes in Canada on Thursday with peers almost twice his age, and apparently he's not alone.

Cendikiawan "Diki" Suryaatmadja will study physics and take additional classes in math, chemistry and economics at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, school officials said.

The boy genius reportedly applied after taking the fast track through school in his home country, learning English by watching movies. Diki is the youngest student ever to enroll at Waterloo, one of Canada's top schools, admissions officials said.