Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg has been accepted into Harvard University after launching a high profile campaign for stricter gun control.

The 18-year-old's mom shared the happy news that he would be off to the prestigious Ivy League school to major in political science.

Rebecca Boldrick is said to be 'super proud' of her teenage son, TMZ reports.

David survived the Parkland massacre which saw 17 of his fellow students and teachers at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida shot and killed by gunman Nikolas Cruz.

Since then Hogg, along with classmates like Emma González and Cameron Kasky, helped to launch the March for Our Lives movement.

Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg will go to Harvard University to major in political science after helping to launch the March for Our Lives movement

He has already spoken at the school twice this year and some of his relatives are alumni.

UC Irvine also offered Hogg a place but it is understood he will go to Harvard.

His mom Rebecca is said to be 'excited for his future' with the teen understood to be starting the Massachusetts college in the fall of 2019.

She had previously said: 'We could never afford Harvard. Never. It wasn't on our radar. I looked it up and saw how much it cost and said, ''There is no way.''

'With any luck at all, he can get into Harvard and they can help us financially.'

It comes as an elderly Florida man has been charged with a federal crime of mailing a threatening communication to the family's home.

Warren Stanley Bond, 78, is said to have mailed a letter to Rebecca in June.

The letter, addressed to the activist's mother, was white and used a self-adhesive. There was no return address on the envelope.

Inside, a piece of paper read: 'Keep F------ with the NRA and you will be DOA.'

David, pictured here with his mom Rebecca Boldrick, has already spoken at Harvard twice this year and said he wants to join a 2020 presidential campaign

David and fellow survivors of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting speak at an event at Harvard after launching a high profile campaign for stricter gun control

In August this year Hogg said he wants to join a 2020 presidential campaign and revealed he aspires to run for Congress when he is 25-years-old.

Cruz stormed Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, on February 14, killing 17 students and staff, leaving up to 50 injured.

He is facing the death penalty for Florida's deadliest school shooting.