Overcrowding in the 1880’s caused a new School to be sought; premises in Thoresby Place, adjacent to the Infirmary, 
were purchased in 1889. The new School was built for an annual intake of 80 students and was opened in October 1894. The building was designed by architect William Thorpe, who also built the Leeds Art Gallery. The School building is recognised for its architectural merit today.
The two principal features of the Entrance Hall are the green faience Burmantofts tiles and the Latin inscription chosen by Thomas Scattergood. From Matthew 10.8 it translates as "Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers; freely you have received, freely give."
In 1904 the University of Leeds received its charter. The Faculty of Medicine was created and ten Chairs established (Anatomy, Forensic Medicine, Medicine, Mental Diseases, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Pathology and Bacteriology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Physiology, Surgery and Public Health). The first chair in cancer research was founded in 1926. It was not until 1946 that there was a full-time University Professor of Medicine and not until 1954 that there was a full-time Professor of Surgery, as clinical professors were part-time up until that point.
Women had been admitted to individual courses since 1890 but in 1910 it was decided that they would be allowed to receive clinical instruction and complete their educations. Clinical teaching passed from the Infirmary to the University in the same year.
