Section 1 King’s College and Marischal College, Aberdeen, to be united under the title of “University of Aberdeen.”

The University and King’s College of Aberdeen, and Marischal College and University of Aberdeen shall be united and incorporated into one University and college, in all time coming, under the style and title of the “University of Aberdeen”; and the said united University shall take rank among the Universities of Scotland as from the date of erection of King’s College and University, viz., the year one thousand four hundred and ninety-four; and all the funds, properties, and revenues now pertaining or belonging in any manner of way to the University and King’s College, or to Marischal College and University, shall in time coming pertain and belong to the University of Aberdeen.