Maximilian Janisch

Maximilian Sebastian Janisch (born August 8, 2003) is a Swiss prodigy in mathematics. After passing his high school mathematics exams at the age of nine, at the age of twelve, Janisch became the youngest university student in France, and at the age of eighteen he became the youngest doctoral student in Switzerland.

Biography
Janisch is the son of the German professor emeritus of mathematics Thomas Drisch. Janisch skipped three years of elementary school after achieving an IQ score of 149+ in the WISC test. Janisch was admitted to the high school Gymnasium Immensee at the age of eight, and at the age of nine he passed the Matura in mathematics with top marks. After completing his Matura in mathematics, Janisch asked to attend the courses and exams of the mathematics study program at the ETH Zürich and was denied, receiving significant coverage in Swiss media.

Janisch was accepted by the French University of Perpignan in September 2015 as the youngest university student in France in the second year of studies, as it was not possible to enroll in Switzerland, receiving international media coverage. After completing his Bachelor's degree in one year, he started to work for his Master's degree at the age of 15. When Janisch passed the full Swiss Matura in August 2018, he enrolled as a mathematics student at the University of Zurich. Janisch has been a doctoral student at the University of Zurich since December 2021. His doctoral advisor is Ashkan Nikeghbali.

There are several documentaries about Janisch, including the cinema documentary Maximilian (director: Nicolas Greinacher), which won a Grand Prix at the Rhode Island International Film Festival in 2018.