{"id":87986,"date":"2026-05-07T14:25:52","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T05:25:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/?p=87986"},"modified":"2026-05-07T14:26:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T05:26:22","slug":"2026-master-kong-international-scholarship-award-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/ja-news\/87986","title":{"rendered":"2026 Master Kong International Scholarship Award Ceremony"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>On Monday, April 13, 2026, the Master Kong International Scholarship Award Ceremony was held at Building 26 of Waseda University.<\/h2>\n<p>The Master Kong International Scholarship is jointly implemented by Waseda University and Tingyi (Cayman Islands) Holding Corp. and KSF Beverage Holding Co. Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as \u201cMaster Kong\u201d) as part of their collaborative initiatives. Master Kong is China\u2019s largest comprehensive food manufacturer, with instant foods and beverages as its core businesses.<\/p>\n<p>The scholarship is awarded to international graduate students from China (including Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Macao) who are enrolled in master\u2019s programs at Waseda University.<br \/>\nThe program began with the first cohort of students, who enrolled in September 2022, and the most recent scholarship recipients, who enrolled in September 2025, comprise the fourth cohort.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-119502 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/assets\/uploads\/2026\/04\/9f1d56bb58c3e815ed5c8dcd312843d9-5-610x355.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"355\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nAt the ceremony, scholarship certificates were awarded to the fourth cohort of scholarship recipients, and Mr. CHENG, Xu, Vice President of Master Kong, delivered his message online from China, while Professor Kate Elwood, Dean of International Affairs of Waseda University, took the stage to offer words of encouragement to the students.<\/p>\n<p>Next, a representative of the third cohort of scholarship recipients delivered a speech, after which each fourth\u2011cohort recipient took the stage to share their aspirations for their future studies as well as their academic and career goals.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-87986 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2026\/04\/e8314f74abb7abc4039c5160ea07e5f5-360x270.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2026\/04\/bcf848be63d5ddb91ec48b6ace73c38f-360x270.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/assets\/uploads\/2026\/04\/c824a5550fefdc6955859f91adce2137-360x270.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>\nParticipation in an internship is also incorporated into the scholarship program, offering recipients a valuable opportunity to gain practical, real\u2011world experience in addition to their academic studies.<br \/>\nDuring the ceremony, representatives from Master Kong provided an overview of the internship program scheduled to take place primarily in Shanghai, China. The fourth\u2011cohort scholarship recipients listened attentively to the detailed explanation, and many actively participated in the question\u2011and\u2011answer session, demonstrating strong interest in the program.<\/p>\n<p>The award ceremony was followed by a networking reception, providing a meaningful opportunity for third- and fourth-cohort scholarship recipients to deepen their connections and build networks for the future.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_119323\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-119323 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/assets\/uploads\/2026\/04\/b8d31d3d5198b7941b24bba58059ad75-610x457.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"457\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Opening remarks and toast at the reception by Professor\u00a0Kate Elwood, Dean of International Affairs<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday, April 13, 2026, the Master Kong International Scholarship Award Ceremony was held at Building 26 of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":87987,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[81,1],"tags":[214,302],"class_list":["post-87986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-ja-news","tag-intl-office-en","tag-student_support-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87986"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87986\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88095,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87986\/revisions\/88095"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.waseda.jp\/top\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}