title: MPA
text: # MPA
  
  MPA or mPa may refer to:
  
  ## Academia
  
  ### Academic degrees
  
  * Master of Performing Arts
  * Master of Professional Accountancy
  * Master of Public Administration
  * Master of Public Affairs
  
  ### Schools
  
  * Mesa Preparatory Academy
  * Morgan Park Academy
  * Mounds Park Academy
  * Mount Pisgah Academy
  
  ## Science and medicine
  
  * Megapascal, SI unit of pressure
  * Marine protected area
  * MeerKAT Precursor Array for the MeerKAT radio telescope in South Africa
  * Microscopic polyangiitis, a disease
  * Minor physical anomalies
  * Movement pattern analysis, for assessing motivations
  
  ### Chemicals
  
  * Medroxyprogesterone acetate
  * 3-Mercaptopropionic acid
  * Methiopropamine, (N-methyl-1-(thiophen-2-yl)propan-2-amine)
  * Methylphosphonic acid
  * Mycophenolic acid, an immunosuppressant drug
  * 4-Nonanoylmorpholine or morpholide pelargonic acid
  
  ## Legislation
  
  * Marriage Protection Act, 2003–2004 US federal bill
  
  ## Organizations and companies
  
  * Macedonian Press Agency, Greece
  * Maine Principals' Association, governing school sports, Maine, US
  * Manipur People's Army, India
  * Manufacturing Perfumers' Association, the original name of the Personal Care Products Council from 1894 to 1922
  * Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, near Munich, Germany
  * Medical Products Agency (Sweden)
  * Metropolitan Police Authority, London, UK (2000–2012)
  * Mineral Products Association, UK
  * Motion Picture Association, US
  * Movement for the Autonomies, Sicily, Italy
  * MPA – the Association of Magazine Media, US
  * Music Publishers Association, US
  * Music Publishers Association (UK)
  
  ## Transportation
  
  * Maritime patrol aircraft
  * Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore
  * Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad, US
  * Maryland Port Administration, US
  * Mauritius Ports Authority
  * Massachusetts Port Authority, US
  * Mount Pleasant Airport, Falkland Islands
  * Myanma Port Authority, Myanmar
  
  ## Other uses
  
  * Mario Party Advance, a 2005 video game
  * Member of the Provincial Assembly, Pakistan
  * MPA submachine gun
  