Today the conference dedicated to summarizing the results of activities and setting tasks for academic year 2022-2023 took place in the Volga Region University of Physical Culture, Sport and Tourism.
The event was attended by First Deputy Minister of Sports of the Republic of Tatarstan Khalil Shaikhutdinov, director of the Tourism Development Committee Daria Sannikova, and head of the Education Department of the Executive Committee of the city of Kazan Irek Rizvanov.
Rafis Burganov, Rector of the Volga Region State University of Physical Culture, Sports and Tourism, made a speech about the year's achievements and results.
According to the rector in the last academic year the university graduated 675 bachelors, 151 masters and 6 PhD students. During this year's admission campaign 5283 applications from 1880 applicants were accepted, and 1047 applicants were enrolled in the first year. At the beginning of the new academic year the University had 3753 students from 78 Russian regions and 18 foreign countries.
In his report the rector of the university told about the main projects. For example, for the third year in a row the university has been implementing programs of additional education within the framework of the federal project "Sport - Normal Life", 500 people were enrolled in the profile of professional retraining of trainers. As for the profile of professional training of instructors, 400 people were trained, which is 100% of the state task.
"We certainly consider scientific and research activity as one of the most priority and promising directions of our development". - Rafis Burganov says, - "According to the results of 2021 our University magazine "Science and Sports: Modern Trends" takes the second place in SCIENCE INDEX rating on the subject "Physical Training and Sports".
It is worth recalling that in 2021, students and graduate students of the Volga Region University published more than 700 scientific articles in journals and in collections of conferences at various levels, received 132 diplomas at the All-Russian, regional and intra-university level. Undergraduate and graduate students were awarded 14 scholarships at various levels.
Among important events that took place at Volga Region University, Rafis Burganov mentioned the establishment of the Research Institute of Physical Culture and Sports consisting of 6 laboratories and the Medical and Sanitary Unit, which received a license to conduct in-depth medical examinations. As of today, medical and biological examinations of the University student-athletes and members of the regional national teams are carried out on the basis of the Research Institute.
"Today we have established relations with Kazan Open University of Talent 2.0. Jointly a laboratory of human functional state assessment has been created, in which research in terms of functional support of young athletes, as well as optimization and selection of talented athletes of the Republic are carried out," emphasizes the university rector.
The Volga Region University of Sports and Tourism has repeatedly occupied a leading position in various rankings. So, according to the results of the National Aggregated Rating-2022 among 14 universities of a sports orientation in Russia, the university takes 3rd place. The university entered the first league of the national aggregated subject rating in the group of the direction of training "Physical culture and sports", and also became the first sports university in Russia to take part in the FISU "Healthy campus" project, where it received an honorary bronze medal.
The University of Sports and Tourism does not lag behind in competitions at various levels. At the Winter Universiade in the team event among higher educational institutions of Russia the Volga Region University took third place, and at the Summer Universiade it took second place.
It is also important to note such major events held on the basis of the university as the FINA World Cup in swimming, the European Swimming Championships, the games of the CIS countries, the All-Russian competitions of the Special Olympics, the Friendship Games, the All-Russian Spartakiad of the strongest, the Russian Championship in gymnastics.
At the end of his report, Rafis Burganov reminded that the university is preparing to celebrate two important anniversaries - the 10th anniversary of the Universiade in 2023 and the 50th anniversary of the university in 2024.
During the conference a cooperation agreement was signed between Volga Region Sports University and the Department of Education of the Executive Committee of the city of Kazan.
A pleasant culmination of the event was the awarding of Azat Sharapov, First Vice-Rector of the Volga Region University of Sports and Tourism, with an honorary badge “For Merits in the Development of Physical Culture and Sports of the Republic of Tatarstan”. The award was presented by the First Deputy Minister of Sports of the Republic of Tatarstan Khalil Shaikhutdinov.
