I know the dev and he isn't actually a student, his GitHub profile was just not updated.
Not to say that there aren't many university students interested in challenging topics like emulator development - I am one myself and know several other students in the emudev scene.
Anyway, university doesn't play a big role for most people, you don't learn many relevant things regarding that there anyway (other than bare essentials).
You learn by doing. Just need to be curious enough to motivate you. That's true for most programming topics, not just emudev.
Not to say that there aren't many university students interested in challenging topics like emulator development - I am one myself and know several other students in the emudev scene.
Anyway, university doesn't play a big role for most people, you don't learn many relevant things regarding that there anyway (other than bare essentials). You learn by doing. Just need to be curious enough to motivate you. That's true for most programming topics, not just emudev.