Chonbuk National University in Jeonju, South Korea is the Flagship Korean National University for Jeollabuk-do province, also known as Jeonbuk or Chonbuk. Chonbuk National University has been constantly recognized as one of top universities in the world ranked 501-550th in the world by QS Top Universities Ranking in 2010. Chonbuk National University(CBNU) was founded in 1947, following the liberation of the Republic of Korea, by the Provincial fund within the framework of the Korean national university system; it is one of 10 Flagship Korean National Universities. CBNU's mission is to help pursue excellence in teaching and research through truth seeking and further to develop the leadership character of new generations for the new global age; it was mandated to nurture the national ethos of pursuing truth through excellence in teaching and research in the ever-extending frontiers of human knowledge under the guiding philosophic principles of Liberty, Justice, and Creativity. CBNU recognizes its mission as a higher learning institution that should help cultivate creative minds and leadership while fostering and preserving the equal opportunity for all members of society.