Information:'Sripatum' means the 'Source of Knowledge Blooming Like a Lotus' and was conferred on the college by the Princess Mother Srinagarindra (Somdet Phra Srinagarindra Baromarajajanan). She presided over the official opening ceremony of SPU and awarded vocational certificates to the first three graduating classes. Sripatum University is therefore one of the first five private universities of Thailand.