Brainy Ayan Qureshi had to be given special permission by the computer software giants to do the test, which is usually taken by university graduates, and is now a qualified IT expert
A child genius has become the world's youngest qualified computer specialist - aged just five-years-old.
Ayan Qureshi passed the Microsoft Certified Professional exam - seen as a vital qualification for IT experts - with flying colours.
The gifted schoolboy was just five years and 11 months old when he passed the test - smashing the previous record of six and a half.
Microsoft's stringent exam is normally taken by adults after they graduate from university because it is so highly regarded by employers.
Ayan almost missed out on the chance to sit the test because shocked invigilators wrongly thought he was too young.
Officials from Birmingham University had to put in a call to Microsoft's American HQ to check if he was allowed to sit the exam.
The talented youngster, from Coventry, eventually completed it in well under the time limit of two hours.
