RPA may refer to:

Companies

* RPA (Rubin Postaer and Associates), advertising agency, Santa Monica, California, US * Republic Airways, ICAO code: RPA

Political groups

* Republican Party of Arkansas, the affiliate of the Republican Party in Arkansas * Republican Party of Armenia, a national conservative political party in Armenia * Republican Party of Australia, a minor political party * Revolutionary Proletarian Army, a militant communist organization in the Philippines *

Richmond Progressive Alliance The Richmond Progressive Alliance (RPA) is a community/political group in Richmond, western Contra Costa County, California, United States. Its mission is to unite the left regardless of political party and was founded by Gayle McLaughlin and M ...

, Contra Costa County, California, US * Rural Payments Agency of the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs * Rwandan Patriotic Army, predecessor of the Rwandan Defence Forces

Organizations

* Railway Procurement Agency, Ireland *

Rajasthan Police Academy Rajasthan Police Academy (RPA), Devanāgarī: (राजस्थान पुलिस अकादमी) is the premier institute for training of Rajasthan Police Service (RPS) officers and other Subordinate Police officers before they are ...

, India * Regional Plan Association, New York, US * Register of Professional Archaeologists *

Royal Prince Alfred Hospital The Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (abbreviated RPAH or RPA) is a major public teaching hospital in Sydney, Australia, located on Missenden Road in Camperdown. It is a teaching hospital of the Central Clinical School of the Sydney Medical School a ...

, Sydney, Australia * Rugby Players' Association, England

Media

* ''RPA'' (TV series), Australia * RPA & The United Nations of Sound, a UK band * Radio del Principado de Asturias, the public radio station of Asturias, Spain

Science and technology

* Random phase approximation, a method in physics *

Remotely piloted aircraft An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), commonly known as a drone, is an aircraft without any human pilot, crew, or passengers on board. UAVs are a component of an unmanned aircraft system (UAS), which includes adding a ground-based controlle ...

Replication protein A Replication protein A (RPA) is the major protein that binds to single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) in eukaryotic cells. In vitro, RPA shows a much higher affinity for ssDNA than RNA or double-stranded DNA. RPA is required in replication, recombinatio ...

* Recombinase polymerase amplification, isothermal alternative to the

polymerase chain reaction The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is a method widely used to rapidly make millions to billions of copies (complete or partial) of a specific DNA sample, allowing scientists to take a very small sample of DNA and amplify it (or a part of it) ...

(PCR) *

Robotic process automation Robotic process automation (RPA) is a form of business process automation technology based on metaphorical software robots (bots) or on artificial intelligence (AI)/digital workers. It is sometimes referred to as ''software robotics'' (not to be ...

, a form of business process automation technology

Other uses

* Real Property Administrator * Registered

physician assistant A physician assistant or physician associate (PA) is a type of mid-level health care provider. In North America PAs may diagnose illnesses, develop and manage treatment plans, prescribe medications, and may serve as a principal healthcare prov ...

* Registered Professional Archaeologist * Request for Public Assistance, a

Federal Emergency Management Agency The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is an agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS), initially created under President Jimmy Carter by Presidential Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1978 and implemented by two Exe ...