MPA or mPa may refer to:

Academia

Academic degrees

Master of Performing Arts The Master of Performing Arts (M.P.A. or M.Perf.A.) is a graduate degree awarded in the fields of dance, drama, film and music. The degree generally requires a minimum of two years of full-time study to complete. The degree program is offered prima ...

* Master of Professional Accountancy *

Master of Public Administration The Master of Public Administration (M.P.Adm., M.P.A., or MPA) is a specialized higher professional post graduate degree in public administration, similar/ equivalent to the Master of Business Administration but with an emphasis on the issues of ...

* Master of Public Affairs

Schools

* Mesa Preparatory Academy *

Morgan Park Academy Morgan Park Academy (MPA) is a coeducational, college preparatory, independent day school serving pre-kindergarten through 12th grade . It is located in the Morgan Park neighborhood on the south side of Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1873, Morg ...

* Mounds Park Academy * Mount Pisgah Academy

Science and medicine

Megapascal The pascal (symbol: Pa) is the unit of pressure in the International System of Units (SI), and is also used to quantify internal pressure, stress, Young's modulus, and ultimate tensile strength. The unit, named after Blaise Pascal, is defined ...

, SI unit of pressure *

Marine protected area Marine protected areas (MPA) are protected areas of seas, oceans, estuaries or in the US, the Great Lakes. These marine areas can come in many forms ranging from wildlife refuges to research facilities. MPAs restrict human activity for a con ...

* MeerKAT Precursor Array for the

MeerKAT MeerKAT, originally the Karoo Array Telescope, is a radio telescope consisting of 64 antennas in the Meerkat National Park, in the Northern Cape of South Africa. In 2003, South Africa submitted an expression of interest to host the Square Ki ...

radio telescope in South Africa * Microscopic polyangiitis, a disease * Minor physical anomalies * Movement pattern analysis, for assessing motivations

Chemicals

Medroxyprogesterone acetate Medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA), also known as depot medroxyprogesterone acetate (DMPA) in injectable form and sold under the brand name Depo-Provera among others, is a hormonal medication of the progestin type. It is used as a method of bi ...

* 3-Mercaptopropionic acid *

Methiopropamine Methiopropamine (MPA) is a thiophene ring-based structural analog of methamphetamine originally reported in 1942. Chemically it is not a phenethylamine or amphetamine and is not their functional analog either. It originally appeared for public s ...

, (N-methyl-1-(thiophen-2-yl)propan-2-amine) * Methylphosphonic acid * Mycophenolic acid, an immunosuppressant drug *

4-Nonanoylmorpholine 4-Nonanoylmorpholine ''pelargonic acid morpholide, N-nonanoylmorpholine, MPK or МПК (for russian: морфолид пеларгоновой кислоты), or MPAis an amide of pelargonic acid and morpholine. Properties 4-Nonanoylmorpholine ...

or morpholide pelargonic acid

Legislation

* Marriage Protection Act, 2003–2004 US federal bill

Organizations and companies

* Macedonian Press Agency, Greece * Maine Principals' Association, governing school sports, Maine, US * Manipur People's Army, India * Manufacturing Perfumers' Association, the original name of the Personal Care Products Council from 1894 to 1922 *

Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics The Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics (MPA) is a research institute located in Garching, just north of Munich, Bavaria, Germany. It is one of many scientific research institutes belonging to the Max Planck Society. The MPA is widely consi ...

, near Munich, Germany *

Medical Products Agency (Sweden) The Medical Products Agency (MPA; sv, Läkemedelsverket) is the government agency in Sweden responsible for regulation and surveillance of the development, manufacturing and sale of medicinal drugs, medical devices and cosmetics. Its task is al ...

Metropolitan Police Authority The Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA) (2000–2012) was the local police authority responsible for scrutinising and supporting the work of the Metropolitan Police Service, the police force for Greater London (excluding the City of London Polic ...

, London, UK (2000–2012) * Mineral Products Association, UK *

Motion Picture Association The Motion Picture Association (MPA) is an American trade association representing the five major film studios of the United States, as well as the video streaming service Netflix. Founded in 1922 as the Motion Picture Producers and Distribu ...

, US * Movement for the Autonomies, Sicily, Italy *

MPA – the Association of Magazine Media MPA – The Association of Magazine Media is a nonprofit trade association for the magazine media industry. MPA was formerly known as Magazine Publishers Association until 2010. MPA is the industry trade association for multi-platform magazine med ...

, US * Music Publishers Association, US *

Music Publishers Association (UK) The Music Publishers Association (MPA) is a non-profit organisation representing music publishers in the United Kingdom since 1881. It "exists to safeguard and promote the interests of music publishers and the writers signed to them; represent ...

Transportation

Maritime patrol aircraft A maritime patrol aircraft (MPA), also known as a patrol aircraft, maritime reconnaissance aircraft, or by the older American term patrol bomber, is a fixed-wing aircraft designed to operate for long durations over water in maritime patrol ro ...

* Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore *

Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad The Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad , familiarly known as the "Ma and Pa", was an American short-line railroad between York and Hanover, Pennsylvania, formerly operating passenger and freight trains on its original line between York and Balt ...

, US *

Maryland Port Administration The Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT) is an organization comprising five business units and one Authority: * Maryland Transportation Authority (Transportation Secretary serves as chairman of the Maryland Transportation Authority) * M ...

, US * Mauritius Ports Authority * Mount Pleasant Airport, Falkland Islands * Myanma Port Authority, Myanmar

Other uses

* '' Mario Party Advance'', a 2005 video game *

Member of the Provincial Assembly A Member of the Provincial Assembly, or MPA is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to the legislature or legislative assembly of a subnational jurisdiction. In Pakistan, the members are elected by the voters in pr ...

, Pakistan * MPA submachine gun