University Charter redirects here. For the middle school in California, see University Charter School (Lemoore, California U.S.A).
University charter is a charter given by provincial, state, regional, and sometimes national governments to legitimize the university's existence.
In most Canadian province's university charters are in the form of Acts (e.g. York University Act). "The Royal Military College of Canada Degrees Act" of 1959 enables the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario to offer degrees in Arts, Science, and Engineering at the undergraduate and graduate levels.