Both new and supplemental charters have both been used to effect the merger of institutions to form a new university, such as the new charter granted to the University of Manchester in 2004 on the merger of the Victoria University of Manchester and the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, and the supplemental charter granted to the University of Wales, Lampeter (chartered 1828 as St David's College) in 2010 to form the University of Wales Trinity Saint David by merger with Trinity College Carmarthen.
Both new and supplementary charters have been used to combine institutions into a single university, such as the University of Manchester's new charter in 2004 for its merger with Victoria University of Manchester and the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, and the supplemental charter granted to the University of Wales, Lampeter (originally chartered in 1828 as St David's College) in 2010 to form the University of Wales Trinity Saint David through a merger with Trinity College Carmarthen.