疫情之初，大连工业大学有146名留学生留校。随着疫情逐渐好转，有留学生陆续回国，目前留校的90名留学生中，来自巴基斯坦的纳吉姆是唯一一位今年毕业的博士毕业生。就读于大连工业大学轻工技术与工程专业，获得过中国政府奖学金，勤奋的纳吉姆在疫情期间始终坚持在学校学习，要毕业了，他这样说——
I am very happy to earn my Ph.D from my dearest Alma Mater, Dalian Polytechnic University. Without the support from my dear teachers of School of International Education and School of Biological Engineering, I couldn’t make it. No words could express my gratitude for their tutoring and supervising, for their caring and inspiring, especially during pandemic. Now, it is really hard for me to leave my university and China, my home away from home. I found myself deeply attached and fascinated by splendid Chinese cultures. I consider all my experience here as the most valuable, which I will cherish in my whole life.
我很高兴在大连工业大学获得博士学位。在国际教育学院和生物工程学院的共同支持下，我的梦想可以在今天实现。我真的很感激大连工业大学给我的帮助，特别是在疫情时期，生物工程学院指导老师在线上耐心的指导，国际教育学院的老师们在生活上关心爱护着我们留学生，我才能顺利毕业。完成学业后，我发现离开中国回到祖国对我来说是一个两难选择，我已经深深地迷恋于中国的文化和环境，我将珍惜在学习期间的所有经历。