Valaya Alongkorn Rajabhat University under the Royal Patronage (formerly Petchburiwittayalongkorn Teachers College) was established on 4 June 1932. It was named after the founder, Her Royal Highness Princess Valaya Alongkorn Krom Luang Petchburi Rajsirindhorn, who was one of His Majesty King Chulalongkorn’s daughters. She donated a plot of land on Petchburi Road in Bangkok to found the Petchburiwittayalongkorn Teachers Training School.