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The former name of Rajabhat Institute Suan Dusit is Home Affairs Extraordinary Secondary School. It was the first home affairs school in Thailand under the Vocational Education Department of the Ministry of Education, first opened on may 17, 1934 at the palace of the Royal Princess Krome Luang Chumporn Khat Udomsak (presently the location of Rajamongkala Institute of Technology, Bangkok Commerce Campus). The objective of the school is to educate young ladies on home affairs in a 3 year curriculum. In 1945,

the shcool was moved from Chankasem Palace to Suan Dusit Palace boundary on the area of 78.4 acres at no. 295 on Ratchasima Road, Dusit District, Bangkok 10300. By that time, the school was renamed as the Bangkok School of Home Affairs under supervision of the Teachers Practice division of the Common Education Department.

In 1961, the Ministry of Education upgraded the school to college and renamed it as Suan Dusit Teachers College for high education curriculum and in 1974 it was first extended to Bachelor Degree level in Education (primary education, major in social Education).
In 1985, after amendment of the Teachers College Act (No. 2) B.E. 2527 (1984), the college could open other courses besides teachers profession under the new of Suan Dusit Teachers College with the programs in Science and Arts. It also changed its type to co-education for first-time enrollment of male students.
In 1992, it is the year of auspice when H.M. the King kindly gave “Rajabhat” as the new name of the college. Later in 1995, the enactment of the Rajabhat Institutes B.E. 2538 (1995) came into force as prescribed in the Royal Gazette, Decree Edition, on the 24th January 1995. The college then turned to be a higher academy with full honor and legal rights. This made changes in development and creation of Rajabhat Institutes in the role of higher education institutes for exact local developments.