One of the first independent faculties at the university was the school of medicine, founded in 1862, during the period of colonization, when noxious diseases were still rampant.
當時由於仍處拓荒開墾的殖民初期，瘴癘之氣橫行，各種疫病流行，為配合時勢需要，一八六二年醫學院成為墨大最早設立的學院之一。