USP may refer to:

Government institutions

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Unité Spéciale de la Police The ''Unité Spéciale de la Police'' (USP) ( en, Special Police Unit) is the police tactical unit of the Grand Ducal Police that was created in Luxembourg in 1999. It is tasked with responding to especially dangerous situations such as hostage ...

'', Luxembourg *

United States Penitentiary The Federal Bureau of Prisons classifies prisons into seven categories: * United States penitentiaries * Federal correctional institutions * Private correctional institutions * Federal prison camps * Administrative facilities * Federal correcti ...

, a prison *

Utah State Prison Utah State Prison (USP) was one of two prisons managed by the Utah Department of Corrections' Division of Institutional Operations. It was located in Draper, Utah, United States, about southwest of Salt Lake City.Utah Department of Correc ...

, Draper, US

Math and science

Ultra-short period planets An ultra-short period (USP) planet is a type of exoplanet with orbital period less than one day. At this short distance, tidal interactions lead to relatively rapid orbital and spin evolution. Therefore when there is a USP planet around a mature ...

, orbiting planets with periods shorter than one day. * Ultraspiracle protein, a part of the ecdysone receptor * Universal stress protein, a protein superfamily * USp (2''n''), a

symplectic group In mathematics, the name symplectic group can refer to two different, but closely related, collections of mathematical groups, denoted and for positive integer ''n'' and field F (usually C or R). The latter is called the compact symplectic g ...

in the mathematics of group theory * USP grade, a level of

chemical purity In chemistry, chemical purity is the measurement of the amount of impurities found in a sample. Several grades of purity are used by the scientific, pharmaceutical, and industrial communities. Some of the commonly used grades of purity include ...

Technology

United States patent Under United States law, a patent is a right granted to the inventor of a (1) process, machine, article of manufacture, or composition of matter, (2) that is new, useful, and non-obvious. A patent is the right to exclude others, for a limit ...

Heckler & Koch USP The USP (''Universelle Selbstladepistole'' or "universal self-loading pistol") is a semi-automatic pistol developed in Germany by Heckler & Koch GmbH (H&K) as a replacement for the P7 series of handguns. History Design work on a new family of p ...

pistol *

Ultrashort pulse laser An ultrashort pulse laser is a laser that emits ultrashort pulses of light, generally of the order of femtoseconds to one picosecond. They are also known as ultrafast lasers owing to the speed at which pulses "turn on" and "off"—not to be confus ...

, a laser that emits ultrashort pulses of light, generally of the order of femtoseconds to hundreds of femtoseconds *

Universal Storage Platform Universal Storage Platform (USP) was the brand name for an Hitachi Data Systems line of computer data storage disk arrays circa 2004 to 2010. History The Hitachi Universal Storage Platform was first introduced in 2004. An entry level enterpr ...

, brand name for a Hitachi Data Systems line of enterprise storage arrays * Unified shader processors, used in GPUs * USP (Victoria), a Russian satellite bus

Universities

University of São Paulo The University of São Paulo ( pt, Universidade de São Paulo, USP) is a public university in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. It is the largest Brazilian public university and the country's most prestigious educational institution, the best ...

, a public university in Brazil *

University of the Sciences in Philadelphia University of the Sciences in Philadelphia (University of the Sciences or USciences) was a private university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. USciences offered bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees in pharmacy and other health-related dis ...

, United States *

University of the South Pacific The University of the South Pacific (USP) is a public research university with locations spread throughout a dozen countries in Oceania. Established in 1968, the university is organised as an intergovernmental organisation and is owned by the gov ...

, a public university with a number of locations in Oceania *

University of Southeastern Philippines The University of Southeastern Philippines (USeP); ceb, Kinatumhaan sa Habagatan Sidlakang Pilipinas, fil, Pamantasan ng Timog-Silangang Pilipinas) is a public, research, coeducational, regional state university based in Davao City, Davao del ...

, an educational institution in Mindanao, Philippines *

University of Southern Philippines Foundation The University of Southern Philippines Foundation (USPF) is a private, non-sectarian university in Cebu City, Philippines. USPF boasts of diverse program offerings, a highly competent teaching force, and complete facilities to ensure that its ...

, an educational institution in Cebu, Philippines * University Scholars Program, a scholarly community at Duke University; see

John Hope Franklin Center for Interdisciplinary and International Studies The John Hope Franklin Center for Interdisciplinary and International Studies (JHFC) is located at Duke University in the United States. It is a consortium of programs dedicated to studying and revitalizing theories of how knowledge is gained and ...

Other uses

Unified settlement planning Unified settlement planning (USP) is the component of regional planning where a unified approach is applied for a region's overall development. The USP approach is most often associated with urban planning practices in India. Overview Regions us ...

Unique selling proposition In marketing, the unique selling proposition (USP), also called the unique selling point, or the unique value proposition (UVP) in the business model canvas, is the marketing strategy of informing customers about how one's own brand or product is s ...

, in marketing * ''

United States Pharmacopeia The ''United States Pharmacopeia'' (''USP'') is a pharmacopeia (compendium of drug information) for the United States published annually by the United States Pharmacopeial Convention (usually also called the USP), a nonprofit organization tha ...

'' *

Urs Samyuktha Paksha {{Use Indian English, date=January 2020 Urs Samyuktha Paksha (Urs United Party), political party in the Indian state of Karnataka. USP was founded by businessman Hari L. Khoday on 16 January 2004. The goal of USP is to work for the rights of the ...

, an Indian political party *

Useful space principle The Useful Space Principle, or ''USP'', in the game of contract bridge was first articulated in a series of six articles in '' The Bridge World'', published from November 1980 through April 1981. (The International Bridge Press Association awarded ...

, in the game of bridge *

Uttama Seva Padakkama The Uttama Seva Padakkama (USP, Eminent Service Medal) (Sinhala language, Sinhala: උත්තම සේවා පදක්කම ''uṭṭama sēvā padakkama'') is presented to all ranks of the regular forces of the Military of Sri Lanka, Sri ...

, a military decoration in Sri Lanka *

Uspantek language The Uspanteko (Uspanteco, Uspanteko, Uspantec) is a Mayan language of Guatemala, closely related to Kʼicheʼ. It is spoken in the Uspantán and

(ISO 639 code: usp), a Mayan language {{Disambiguation