the university of st andrews was at a low point in its fortunes in the early part of the century. it was restructured by commissioners appointed by the 1858 act and began a revival. it pioneered the admission of women to scottish universities, creating the lady licentiate in arts (lla), which proved highly popular. from 1892 scottish universities could admit and graduate women and the numbers of women at scottish universities steadily increased until the early twentieth century. the university of glasgow became a leader in british higher education by providing the educational needs of youth from the urban and commercial classes. it moved from the city centre to a new set of grand neo-gothic buildings, paid for by public subscription, at gilmorehill in 1870. the two colleges at aberdeen were considered too small to be viable and they were restructured as the university of aberdeen in 1860. a new college of the university was opened in dundee in 1883. unlike the other medieval and ecclesiastical foundations, the university of edinburgh was the "tounis college", founded by the city after the reformation, and was as a result relatively poor. in 1858 it was taken out of the care of the city and established on a similar basis to the other ancient universities.