On 1 October 1893, the Mahāmakuṭa Royal Academy (Mahamakut Buddhist University) was opened.
While the Mahāmakuṭa Royal Academy belonged to the Dhammayuttika order, King Chulalongkorn also strengthened the school of the Mahānikāya order in the Wat Mahādhātu which in 1896 became the Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University.