We find the microscopic spectral densities and the spectral correlator
s associated with multicritical behavior for both hermitian and comple
x matrix ensembles, and show their universality. We conjecture that mi
croscopic spectral densities of Dirac operators in certain theories wi
thout spontaneous chiral symmetry breaking may belong to these new uni
versality classes. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V.