Mae Fah Luang University, situated in the province of Chiang Rai in northern Thailand, is named after Her Royal Highness the Princess Mother (Somdet Yah), the mother of the current king of Thailand. Mae Fah Luang was the name given to her by the local people in Chiang Rai.It is an autonomous public university, established on September 25, 1998 and is set apart from the rest of Thailand's universities by the fact that all of its programmes are taught in English,