UC may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

* ''

University Challenge ''University Challenge'' is a British television quiz programme which first aired in 1962. ''University Challenge'' aired for 913 episodes on ITV from 21 September 1962 to 31 December 1987, presented by quizmaster Bamber Gascoigne. The BBC ...

'', a popular British quiz programme airing on BBC Two ** ''

University Challenge (New Zealand) ''University Challenge'' is a long-running New Zealand television quiz show, running originally from 1976 to 1989 before its revival in 2014 after a 25-year hiatus. The format was based on the British show of the same name, which was itself ba ...

'', the New Zealand version of the British programme * Universal Century, one of the timelines of the ''Gundam'' anime metaseries

Education

In the United States

University of California The University of California (UC) is a public land-grant research university system in the U.S. state of California. The system is composed of the campuses at Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, Merced, Riverside, San Diego, San Fran ...

system **

University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant u ...

, its flagship university * University of Charleston, West Virginia *

University of Chicago The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, U of C, or UChi) is a private university, private research university in Chicago, Illinois. Its main campus is located in Chicago's Hyde Park, Chicago, Hyde Park neighborhood. The University of Chic ...

, Illinois *

University of Cincinnati The University of Cincinnati (UC or Cincinnati) is a public research university in Cincinnati, Ohio. Founded in 1819 as Cincinnati College, it is the oldest institution of higher education in Cincinnati and has an annual enrollment of over 44,00 ...

, Ohio * Upsala College, East Orange, New Jersey (''defunct since 1995'') * Utica College, Utica, New York * Harvard Undergraduate Council, Harvard College's student government body *

University college In a number of countries, a university college is a college institution that provides tertiary education but does not have full or independent university status. A university college is often part of a larger university. The precise usage varies ...

In other countries

Pontifical Catholic University of Chile The Pontifical Catholic University of Chile (''PUC or UC Chile'') ( es, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile) is one of the six Catholic Universities existing in the Chilean university system and one of the two pontifical universities ...

* University of Canberra, Australia * University of Cantabria, Spain *

University of Canterbury The University of Canterbury ( mi, Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha; postnominal abbreviation ''Cantuar.'' or ''Cant.'' for ''Cantuariensis'', the Latin name for Canterbury) is a public research university based in Christchurch, New Zealand. It was ...

, New Zealand * University of Cebu, Cebu City, Philippines * University of Coimbra, Portugal * University of the Cordilleras, Baguio, Philippines * Uva College, Badulla, Sri Lanka * Uxbridge College, England *

University of Calgary The University of Calgary (U of C or UCalgary) is a public research university located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The University of Calgary started in 1944 as the Calgary branch of the University of Alberta, founded in 1908, prior to being inst ...

, Canada

Science, technology, and mathematics

Biology and medicine

Ulcerative colitis Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a long-term condition that results in inflammation and ulcers of the colon and rectum. The primary symptoms of active disease are abdominal pain and diarrhea mixed with blood ( hematochezia). Weight loss, fever, an ...

, a type of inflammatory bowel disease * Unassisted childbirth, birth without the aid of professional birth attendants * Umbilical cord

Computing and telecommunication

* UC Browser, a web browser for mobile devices * UC Mobile, a Chinese software company * Universal composability, a cryptographic model for protocols *

Microcontroller A microcontroller (MCU for ''microcontroller unit'', often also MC, UC, or μC) is a small computer on a single VLSI integrated circuit (IC) chip. A microcontroller contains one or more CPUs ( processor cores) along with memory and programma ...

(abbreviated "uC" or "μC"), a computer-on-a-chip used to control electronic devices * Unified communications, the integration of real-time communication services

Other uses in science, technology, and mathematics

* UC (noise reduction) (Universal Compatible/Universal Compander), a vinyl record noise reduction system in the 1980s *

German Type UC submarine (disambiguation) German Type UC submarine may refer to: * German Type UC I submarine of WW1 * German Type UC II submarine Type UC II minelaying submarines were used by the Imperial German Navy during World War I. They displaced 417 tons, carried guns, 7 torpedo ...

German submarine U-C Foreign U-boats was the title for a special section created by Nazi Germany's ''Kriegsmarine'' that adopted 13 captured enemy submarines and a single Turkey, Turkish vessel into the U-boat corps. Beginning in 1939 and lasting until the end of World ...

of WW2 * Danish UC submarines (disambiguation) of Peter Madsen * Culver UC, a US Navy unmanned target drone * Ultrasonic consolidation, an additive manufacturing technology * Uranium carbide, a hard refractive ceramic material * Uniform polyhedron compound, a type of geometry * Universal Column, a type of H-beam * Folding boxboard, a paperboard grade * Undercarriage, also known as landing gear, on aircraft * Photon upconversion, an optical phenomenon

Other uses

* Centrist Union group, a parliamentary group in the French Senate * Undercover, the practice of disguising one's identity for the purposes of a police investigation or espionage * Unified Cornish, a variety of the Cornish language *

Union councils of Pakistan The union councils of Pakistan ( ur, ), referred to as village councils in villages, are an elected local government body consisting of 21 councillors, and headed by a Nazim which is equivalent to a mayor or chairperson and a Naib Nazib (vice c ...

* Unit cost, a business measure *

United Center United Center is an indoor arena on the Near West Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. It is home to the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League (NHL). It is named ...

, a sports arena in Chicago *

Universal Credit Universal Credit is a United Kingdom social security payment. It is means-tested and is replacing and combining six benefits for working-age households with a low income: income-related Employment and Support Allowance, income-based Jobseeke ...

, a British social security benefit * University City, a neighborhood in northern San Diego *

Upper case Letter case is the distinction between the letters that are in larger uppercase or capitals (or more formally ''majuscule'') and smaller lowercase (or more formally ''minuscule'') in the written representation of certain languages. The writin ...

, in orthography and typography, denoting large or capital letters * Urban Council, a municipal council in Hong Kong *

Unification Church The Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, widely known as the Unification Church, is a new religious movement, whose members are called Unificationists, or "Moonie (nickname), Moonies". It was officially founded on 1 May 1954 unde ...

, a new religious movement originally founded in South Korea * Uc, a classification formerly used by the

British Board of Film Classification The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC, previously the British Board of Film Censors) is a non-governmental organisation founded by the British film industry in 1912 and responsible for the national classification and censorship of f ...

until 2009