Maddox Jolie-Pitt is starting classes in Yonsei University in South Korea this month
By
Ale Russian
and Mary Green
August 05, 2019 09:08 AM
Angelina Jolie‘s first son is officially college bound.
17-year-old
Maddox Jolie-Pitt
is set to start classes at South Korea’s Yonsei University where he
will be studying bio chemistry, a source exclusively tells PEOPLE.
“He got accepted to
other universities but choose Yonsei,” the source says. “He has been
studying Korean language. He has lessons multiple times a week to
prepare.”
And the oldest in the Jolie-Pitt clan is starting classes this month, with Jolie, 44, making the trip to help him get started.
“Mom is dropping him
off in August,” the source says of Jolie. “She is very proud. She will
miss seeing him as much, but he’s ready.”
The source adds that while he’ll be far away from their American home
base, his new school is close to the family’s Cambodian home.
“He’s very close to his
siblings and they all hope to visit,” the insider says of Pax, 15,
Zahara, 14, Shiloh, 13, and 11-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne.
Jolie previously opened up to PEOPLE about Maddox’s college plans, saying that she was “nothing but proud.”
“I look forward to all he will do,” the actress added.