Certificate World Records

Hanzala Nazir of Faisalabad, Pakistan, was 16 when he finished NASA's free online Open Science Essentials course on August 18, 2026, and its five-module Open Science 101 course the next day. In the video he introduces himself in his library, then lays both NASA certificates of achievement in his name on the carpet, one of them framed. RecordSetter matched both to NASA Open Science's own badge pages, which list him as the recipient on those dates, and took his age from the date of birth he supplied. Rocket science can wait.

Hanzala Nazir of Faisalabad, Pakistan, earned six diplomas from online courses between March and September 2026, while he was 16: UniAthena diplomas in practical psychology, data analytics and business communication, a Level 7 Diploma in Health and Social Care from Training Express, an Advanced Diploma in Child Psychology and a Diploma of Biblical Studies from the International Free Evangelical Bible School. Sitting in his library, he shows each one to the camera and reads out its title. RecordSetter checked the three UniAthena diplomas and the Training Express diploma on the issuers' own pages, which show his name and award dates, and took his age from the date of birth he supplied. That is a lot of homework.

Hanzala Nazir of Faisalabad, Pakistan, who was 16 at the time, earned online course certificates from 83 different universities, among them Harvard, Stanford, MIT, Oxford, Cambridge and Imperial College London, mostly through Coursera, edX and FutureLearn. RecordSetter checked a certificate from each university on the issuer's own verification page in his name and counted every university once, leaving out company courses and continuing medical education certificates. In the video, a Public News reporter interviews him on a sofa while his family holds up his framed awards. That is a world tour of campuses without leaving Faisalabad.

Hanzala Nazir of Faisalabad, Pakistan, who was 16 at the time, earned certificates from programs created by 44 different companies, from Google, Microsoft and Meta courses on Coursera to job simulations for JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs and British Airways on Forage and virtual work experience with Rolls-Royce and Airbus on Springpod. RecordSetter checked a certificate from each company on the issuer's own verification page in his name and counted each company once, leaving out universities, charities, government bodies and course providers. In the video, an SG Digital reporter interviews him and his father on the floor of the family's book-lined library. Not many people have trained at a bank, an airline and a law firm in the same year.

Hanzala Nazir of Faisalabad, Pakistan, who was 16 at the time, received 19 edX course certificates on August 27, 2026, from ten New York Institute of Finance courses in credit, financial reporting and stock trading to Harvard's Fundamentals of TinyML and Dartmouth's Omnichannel Strategy and Management. In the video, he introduces himself in his family's library, then lays five of the New York Institute of Finance certificates on the floor and reads out the August 27 date on each one. RecordSetter checked all 19 on edX's own verification pages, each in his name, for a different course and dated that day. Most people would call one certificate a good day.

Hanzala Nazir of Faisalabad, Pakistan, was 16 when TeacherRecord issued him its certificate for a 120-hour online course in Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL), the standard qualification for teaching English abroad, on July 27, 2026. In the video he holds up the certificate in front of the shelves of his Islamic book library, then turns the camera to its QR code and the course transcript listing all 13 modules, completed with distinction. RecordSetter matched the certificate number on TeacherRecord's own verification page, which shows his name and the issue date, and took his age from the date of birth he supplied. Class is in session.

Hanzala Nazir of Faisalabad, Pakistan, was 16 when Oxford Home Study Centre awarded him its Advanced Diploma in Child Psychology (QLS Level 5), a self-paced online course rated at 60 CPD hours, on August 1, 2026. In the video he stands in front of the shelves of his book collection holding the framed diploma, which shows his name, the course title, the CPD hours and the award date, and says he earned it at 16. RecordSetter read the diploma's certificate number and date in the footage and in the PDF copy he had already sent, and took his age from the date of birth he supplied. Not many people study child psychology while still a teenager themselves.

Hanzala Nazir of Faisalabad, Pakistan, was 16 when the UK online course provider Training Express awarded him its Level 7 Diploma in Health and Social Care, a self-paced course on leading care teams, safeguarding and patient care with a multiple-choice final exam, on September 9, 2026. In the video he stands in front of the shelves of his book collection holding the framed diploma, which shows his name and the course title, and says he earned it at 16. RecordSetter matched the diploma to the certificate file Training Express hosts on its own website, which shows his name and the award date, and took his age from the date of birth he supplied. It is never too early to learn how to look after people.