DPE may refer for:

Organizations

* Department for Professional Employees, AFL-CIO, a US trade union body *

Department of Planning & Environment The New South Wales Department of Planning and Environment (DPE) was a department of the New South Wales Government, responsible for effective and sustainable planning to support the growth in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It made pl ...

, New South Wales, Australia *

Department of Public Enterprises The Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) was one of the ministries of the South African government. It was the government's shareholder representative with oversight responsibility for a number of state-owned enterprises (SoEs). The department ...

, South Africa * Dis Politika Enstitüsü, a Turkish think tank

Science and technology

Demilitarization Protective Ensemble The Demilitarization Protective Ensemble (DPE) is a heat-sealed, one-time-use positive pressure personnel suit. These airtight suits are used by the U.S. Army Chemical Materials Agency to provide the highest level of protection against chemical ...

, a disposable suit for handling chemical weapons * Development, Printing, Enlargement, or film processing *

Downstream promoter element In molecular biology, a downstream promoter element (DPE) is a core promoter element. Like all core promoters, the DPE plays an important role in the initiation of gene transcription by RNA polymerase II. The DPE was first described by T. W. Bur ...

, in genetics * Dynamic programming equation, in mathematical optimization

Other uses

Decriminalised Parking Enforcement Decriminalised parking enforcement (DPE) is the name given in the United Kingdom to the civil enforcement of car parking regulations, carried out by civil enforcement officers, operating on behalf of a Local government in the United Kingdom, ...

, in UK law *

Designated Pilot Examiner In the United States, a Designated Pilot Evaluator (DPE) is a senior pilot who examines applicants for a Pilot Certificate on behalf of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The DPE must check applicants’ qualifications, conduct an oral test ...

, a person certified by FAA to conduct pilot rating {{disambig