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The University grew out of the Ë®ÒË·» Medical School (founded in 1828), Firth College (1879) and the Ë®ÒË·» Technical School (1884). These three institutions came together in 1897 to form the University College of Ë®ÒË·», which in turn became the University of Ë®ÒË·» in 1905.