ARA may refer to:

Media and the arts

* American-Romanian Academy of Arts and Sciences * ''Artistička Radna Akcija'', compilation album released in former Yugoslavia * Associate of the Royal Academy, denoting membership in the British Royal Academy of Arts * ARA News, an online Arabic and English language news service focussed on Syrian and Kurdish events

Organisations

* Academic Research Alliance, an organization created to involve students in scientific activities * Alliance for Retired Americans, a senior citizen organization * American Relief Administration, a relief mission after World War I * Amateur Rowing Association, the governing body of rowing in the United Kingdom, now renamed British Rowing * Amateurs Radio Algeriens, the national amateur radio organization of Algeria * American Radio Association, a national AFL-CIO affiliated labor union representing U.S. Flag Merchant Marine Licensed Communications and Electronics Officers * American Railway Association, precursor to the Association of American Railroads * American Rally Association, governing body of rallying and championship in the United States * Anti-Racist Action, a network of anti-racist activists * Anti-Racist Alliance, a defunct anti-racist organisation in the United Kingdom * Applied Research Associates, a research and engineering company * Arcade and Attica Railroad, from its reporting mark * Archives and Records Association, professional body for UK and Irish archivists, archive conservators and records managers * Assets Recovery Agency, a British agency for the recovery of the proceeds of crime * Athénée Royal d'Auderghem, a school in Brussels, Belgium * Australasian Raptor Association, a special interest group of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union

Military

* Aerial Rocket Artillery, helicopter artillery units used by the U.S. Army in the Vietnam War mainly to engage ground targets * Armada de la República Argentina, the Argentine Navy * Armenian Revolutionary Army, an armed militant group * Aryan Republican Army, white nationalist criminal group * Australian Regular Army

Government

* Auckland Regional Authority, a former local government council in New Zealand

Sciences

* Angiotensin II receptor antagonist, more often called angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) * Aldosterone receptor antagonist (mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist, that is, antimineralocorticoid) * Ant-based Routing Algorithm, a wireless mesh network routing protocol; see Swarm intelligence#Ant-based routing, Swarm intelligence * AppleTalk Remote Access, a communications protocol * Audio Random Access, an extension to audio plug-in interfaces * Arachidonic acid (also AA), as found in breast milk and infant formula * The Arrow-Pratt measure of Risk aversion#Absolute risk aversion, absolute risk aversion * Askaryan Radio Array (ARA), a GZK neutrino detector based on the Askaryan effect and will be positioned in the Antarctic ice sheet

Computer science

* Application release automation

People

* Amedeo Rocco Armentano (1886–1966), Italian esotericist and musician