Wanqing joined the University of Auckland in 2016, he was recognized by the Dean’s Honours list in his first year of study. He was awarded by Summer Research Scholarships after his second year of study and researched on a prototype of a refrigeration system with Dr. Alison Subiantoro. He was awarded for First in Class in MECHENG 322 : Control Systems and MECHENG 735 : MEMS and Microsystems.

During his third year of undergraduate study, he also worked in Compac Industries Ltd as an embedded systems developer.

He received the PhD scholarship in 2020 and continued his study in the University of Auckland as a PhD researcher.