title: ECU
text: # ECU
  
  ECU may refer to:
  
  ## Currencies
  
  * European Currency Unit, precursor to the euro
  * Écu, French coins of the 13th–19th centuries
  
  ## Technology
  
  * Electronic control unit
  * Engine control unit
  
  ## Universities
  
  * East Carolina University, in Greenville, North Carolina, United States
  * East Central University, in Ada, Oklahoma, United States
  * Edith Cowan University, in Perth, Australia
  * Emily Carr University of Art and Design, in Vancouver, Canada
  
  ## Other uses
  
  * Eastman Credit Union, an American credit union
  * ÉCU The European Independent Film Festival
  * Ecuador's country code
  * Eighth Creative Union of MEPhI, a Russian theatre company
  * End Citizens United, a PAC working to get big money out of politics
  * European Chess Union
  * Evidence Control Unit
  * Extensor carpi ulnaris muscle
  * Extreme close-up
  