On March 25, Reiwa, the Hokkaido University doctoral degree conferral ceremony for the second year of Reiwa was held at the Lecture Hall of the Frontier Applied Sciences Research Building, and Mr. Yuji Komatsu (ALP: Ambitious Leader's Program Fostering Future Leaders to Open New Frontiers in Materials Science 3rd term student, Chemical Sciences and Engineering) served as valedictorian. In order to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, the scale of the ceremony was reduced, and university officials and alumni selected as valedictorian attended.

Mr. Komatsu was called by the moderator as ``Yuji Komatsu, representative of more than 20 doctoral students in the Graduate School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering,'' and headed to the stage.

President Kiyohiro Hokin's "Diploma. Chemical Sciences and Engineering graduate school, doctoral student in the Department of Integrated Chemistry, Having completed the Ambitious Leader's Program Fostering Future Leaders to Open New Frontiers in Materials Science, I will conferre a doctoral degree in engineering. The research guidance required for completion of the doctoral program was provided jointly by the Engineering of National Taiwan University. March 25, Reiwa 3, Hokkaido University. Congratulations." I was handed it.

小松さんは4月より大手総合化学メーカーで働くことが決まっています。総代に選ばれたことを誇りに、またALPで養い獲得した5つの力「圧倒的専門力」「俯瞰力」「フロンティア開拓力」「国際的実践力」「内省的知力」を存分に発揮して活躍することを期待しています。