UJf; Joseph Fourier University; full name: Universit é Joseph Fourier) is a world-renowned medical university in France, located in the Rhone Alps region. It was founded by the famous scientist Joseph Fourier in 1339 and has a very long history. In the 2015 Nature Publishing index published by nature Joseph Fourier University ranks among the top 50 scientific research institutions in the world with 656 published articles.