Joseph Fourier University
Joseph Fourier University (UJF, Université Joseph-Fourier, also known as Grenoble I or as Université Scientifique et Médicale de Grenoble) was a French university situated in the city of Grenoble and focused on the fields of sciences, technologies and health. It is now part of the Université Grenoble Alpes.
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• Name — Joseph Fourier University • Native Name — Université Joseph Fourier • Established — 1970 • Closed — 2015 • Type — Public university • President — Patrick Lévy • Academic Staff — 1,500 • Administrative Staff — 1,500 • Students — 16,710 • City — Grenoble • Country — France • Website — www.ujf-grenoble.fr
Importance
Importance
According to the 2009 ARWU, Joseph Fourier University is the sixth best university in France. Joseph Fourier University is also the fourth best university in Engineering & IT nationally and 115th globally in QS World University Rankings. The origins of this scientific university can be traced all the way back to 1811 when the scientist Joseph Fourier established a faculty of science in Grenoble. Part of the university is the Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Grenoble (OSUG), a leading institution in the field of earth, space and environmental sciences. The university was at the origin of the Joint Universities Accelerator School (JUAS), together with CERN and ESRF, in the early 1990s.
Facilities
Facilities
The main facilities are located on a vast campus east of Grenoble, on the commune of Saint-Martin d'Hères (and partially on that of Gières). This campus is shared with other higher education organizations, see University of Grenoble. The university also has teaching and research installations in the city of Grenoble proper. The university runs many laboratories, many in association with CNRS, Grenoble-INP and other major institutions. UJF also maintains the Jardin botanique alpin du Lautaret alpine garden on the Lautaret pass, in association with CNRS.
Notable alumni
Notable alumni
• Claire Berger, physicist • Alim-Louis Benabid, Breakthrough prize, Life Science (2015) • Yves Bréchet, Material Science • Rajaâ Cherkaoui El Moursli, physicist, member of the "Académie Hassan II des Sciences et Techniques" • Hélène Courtois, astrophysicist • Charles Elachi, director of the Jet Propulsion Lab (NASA) • Park Geun-hye, former president of South Korea • Ariane Mézard, mathematician • Vera Lúcia de Miranda Guarda, human rights activist and Brazilian UNESCO chairperson • Sakura Pascarelli, physicist • Rammal Rammal, a Lebanese condensed matter physicist • Francisco Santos, mathematician • Joseph Sifakis, computer scientist and Turing Award recipient (2007) • Bruno Georges Pollet, chemist
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- 1.The ranking 2009 is published online here
- 2.The ranking 2012 is published online
- 3.Rey-Campagnolle, Marcelle. The origin of JUAS, 1990–1993. CERN Yellow Reports: School Proceedings. CERN-2024-003. I–IV. 2203. 20 November 2024. 10.23730/CYRSP-2024-003.2203.
- 4.C. Berger. ieeexplore.ieee.org.
- 5.2015 L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards , Arnold Nou, 2 April 2015, WomenOfChina.cn, retrieved 4 April 2015
- 6.Harlan, Chico. South Korea's new leader, Park Geun-hye, was pushed onto political stage by tragedy. The Washington Post. 25 January 2013.
- 7.de MIRANDA GUARDA. UNESCO. 13 November 2015.
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