Yusup Digansheevich Yakubov is a man with a rich professional experience. Pedagogy, production, youth policy, sports, science, politics-milestones of the labor biography of the rector of the Volga state Academy of physical culture, sports and tourism.
After graduating from the history Department of Kazan state University, he began teaching at his native school. After serving in the army, he worked in Naberezhnye Chelny at The KAMAZ repair and tool factory. First, he headed the Komsomol factory organization, then worked his way up to the first Secretary of the Komsomol city Committee of Naberezhnye Chelny.
For 9 years, he worked in Avtograd as Vice-mayor and implemented a number of large-scale projects, which in the 90s became not only a breakthrough in the youth policy of the region, but later were replicated throughout the country. Yakubov behind the creation of the Foundation "Law and order", the successful launch of the program of housing construction for young families, which for 10 years has remained the most effective in the Republic, the preservation of the city's network of youth clubs and sports facilities, the establishment of regional youth centers, which are still popular with new generations of citizens.
In December 1999, Yusup Digansheevich was elected a people's Deputy of the Republic of Tatarstan and in 2000-2004 worked in the State Council of the Republic of Tatarstan on a permanent basis. Its authorship belongs to the draft law on Informatization of the Republic of Tatarstan, which launched the state campaign for digitalization of the region.
From March 2004 to June 2010, Yusup Yakubov served as first Deputy Minister of youth Affairs, sports and tourism of the Republic of Tatarstan. During this period, a record number of high-tech sports facilities were built and put into operation in the region. With the direct participation of Yu. d. Yakubov, a program was implemented to prepare Tatarstan athletes for the 2008 Olympic games, and Republican programs were developed and implemented in the field of mass sports development, including in rural areas. Yusup Yakubov was one of the developers Of the concept of the legacy of the XXVII World student games in 2013 by the Republic.
Since July 2010, Yu. D. At the suggestion of the leadership of the Republic of Tatarstan, Yakubov started working as acting rector of the Volga state Academy of physical culture, sports and tourism, and after being elected rector, he organized the transfer of the Kama Academy from Naberezhnye Chelny to Kazan in the shortest possible time. Under his leadership, the University carried out the first set of students in 2011, and organized a full-fledged educational, training and scientific activities.
During the implementation of the University development program until 2020, developed by the team formed by Yakubov, the Volga Academy not only reached its design capacity, but also became the leading sports University in Russia. According to the results of 2018, the Volga region Academy became the first among universities of physical culture and sports in Russia in the rating of industry universities "5x100", increased the number of students by 15 times and attracted representatives of 74 regions of Russia and 16 foreign countries to its students. Today, the University has 4 faculties, 16 departments and more than 1000 employees, 220 of which are teachers representing 11 regions of the country.
