MS, ms, Ms, M.S., etc. may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

* ''Ms.'' (magazine), an American feminist magazine * Metal Storm (webzine), a heavy metal website based in Estonia

Businesses and organizations

MS-13 Mara Salvatrucha, commonly known as MS-13, is an international criminal gang that originated in Los Angeles, California, in the 1970s and 1980s. Originally, the gang was set up to protect Salvadoran immigrants from other gangs in the Los Ange ...

, criminal gang *

Missionaries of La Salette The Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette (M.S. - Missionarium Saletiniensis) are a religious congregation of priests and brothers in the Latin Church. They are named after the apparition of Our Lady of La Salette in France. There is also a par ...

, a Catholic male religious order * Młodzi Socjaliści (Young Socialists), a former Polish socialist youth organization *

Morgan Stanley Morgan Stanley is an American multinational investment management and financial services company headquartered at 1585 Broadway in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. With offices in more than 41 countries and more than 75,000 employees, the fir ...

, a US investment bank (NYSE stock symbol: MS) * Mjólkursamsalan, an Icelandic dairy company

Educational qualifications

Master of Science A Master of Science ( la, Magisterii Scientiae; abbreviated MS, M.S., MSc, M.Sc., SM, S.M., ScM or Sc.M.) is a master's degree in the field of science awarded by universities in many countries or a person holding such a degree. In contrast t ...

, a master's degree in the field of science * Master of Surgery, an advanced medical degree * Master Sommelier, a terminal degree in the field of wine * '' Mastère spécialisé'', a French postgraduate ''grande école'' master's degree

Medicine

* Mitral valve stenosis, Mitral stenosis, narrowing of the mitral valve of the heart * Morphine sulfate, an opiate pain-relieving drug * Multiple sclerosis, a disease of the nervous system

Military

* Master seaman, a non-commissioned member rank of the Canadian Navy * Mess Management Specialist, a former U.S. Navy occupational rating now covered by culinary specialist (United States Navy), culinary specialist

Places

* Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, postal code MS * Mississippi, a U.S. state, official abbreviation * Montserrat, Caribbean island nation (ISO 3166-2 country code: MS)

Science and technology

Computing

* .ms, the top level Internet domain for Montserrat in the Caribbean * Master System, a third-generation video game console produced by Sega * Microsoft, an American-based global software company * Mobile station, a piece of equipment for communication with a mobile network

Units of measure

* Megasiemens (MS), and millisiemens (mS), multiples of the unit of electric conductance siemens * Metre per second (m/s), a unit of velocity (speed) * Mile per second (m/s), a unit of velocity (speed) * Millisecond (ms), a unit of time equal to one thousandth of a second

Other uses in science and technology

* Surface-wave magnitude (M_s), a seismic scale * Solar mass (M_S), an alternate symbol to M_⊙ * Mass spectrometry, a method of determining the chemical composition or exact mass of molecules *

, a postgraduate university master's degree * Mesylate, a chemical salt * Spin quantum number,

m_s

Transportation

* Egyptair, by its IATA code "MS" * Motor ship, ship prefix * Chennai Egmore railway station, code MS

Other uses

* Ms., a common title for women that does not indicate marital status * MS (cigarette), an Italian brand of cigarettes * MS (satellite), a series of four Soviet satellites launched in 1962 * Malay language, of Southeast Asia (ISO 639-1 language code: ms) * Manuscript, abbreviation (ms.) for a written or typed document * Member of the Senedd (formerly ''Assembly Member''), Welsh Parliament legislator * Memoriae Sacrum (Latin for "Sacred to the Memory"), an epitaph * Multan Sultans, a professional Twenty20 franchise cricket team in the Pakistan Super League