title: MDE
text: # MDE
  
  MDE may refer to:
  
  ## Education
  
  * Master of Distance Education (MDE), a graduate degree offered by Athabasca University, Canada
  * Michigan Department of Education, a state agency of Michigan, US
  * Minnesota Department of Education, a state agency of Minnesota, US
  * Mississippi Department of Education, a state agency of Mississippi, US
  
  ## Science
  
  * Major depressive episode
  * Methylenedioxyethylamphetamine, a psychoactive drug
  * Mid-domain effect spatial/area hypotheses to explain Latitudinal gradients in species diversity
  * Methylenedioxyephedrone also known as MDE
  
  ## Technology
  
  * Model-driven engineering, the systematic use of models as primary engineering artifacts
  * Multi-disciplinary Engineering, an extrapolated version of systems engineering
  * In Microsoft Access, mde, the file extension for protected (compiled) databases
  * Microsoft Device Emulator, an emulator for Windows Mobile-based devices
  * Mitsubishi Design Europe, the design studio of Mitsubishi Motors Europe
  
  ## Other uses
  
  * Million Dollar Extreme, a comedy sketch group
  * Maximum Downside Exposure, values the maximum downside to the portfolio
  * Markit Document Exchange, platform used by financial market participants for distribution of account onboarding or KYC documents
  * José María Córdova International Airport (IATA code: MDE), an airport in Colombia
  * Major Deegan Expressway in New York City
  