NPS may refer to:

Organizations

National Park Service The National Park Service (NPS) is an agency of the United States federal government within the U.S. Department of the Interior that manages all national parks, most national monuments, and other natural, historical, and recreational propertie ...

, U.S. *

National Pension System National Pension System Trust (NPS Trust) is a specialised division of Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority which is under the jurisdiction of Ministry of Finance (India), Ministry of Finance of the Government of India. The Nat ...

, India *

National Pension Service The National Pension Service of Korea (NPS; ) is a public pension fund in South Korea. It is the third largest in the world with $800 billion in assets, and is the largest investor in South Korea. South Korea's National Pension Service (NPS), wh ...

, Korea * National Phobics Society, UK charity *

National Piers Society The National Piers Society (NPS) is a registered charity in the United Kingdom dedicated to promoting and sustaining interest in the preservation and continued enjoyment of seaside piers. It was founded in 1979, with Sir John Betjeman as the fi ...

, UK charity *

National Poetry Slam The National Poetry Slam (NPS) is a performance poetry competition where teams from across the United States, Canada, and, occasionally, Europe and Australia, participate in a large-scale poetry slam. The event occurs in early August every year and ...

, competition *

National Probation Service The Probation Service (formerly the National Probation Service) for England and Wales is a statutory criminal justice service, mainly responsible for the supervision of offenders in the community and the provision of reports to the criminal cour ...

, a statutory criminal justice service for England and Wales *

Nederlandse Programma Stichting NPS (Nederlandse Programma Stichting) (English: Dutch Programme Foundation) was a Dutch government-funded radio and TV broadcasting foundation. In the Dutch public broadcasting system, broadcasters – in the Dutch context, listener and viewer a ...

, a Dutch broadcasting foundation now part of ''Omroep NTR'' *

Nigerian Prisons Services The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), formerly known as Nigerian Prison Service (NPS), is a government agency of Nigeria which operates prisons. The agency is headquartered in Abuja, and it is under the supervision of the Ministry of the Int ...

NPS MedicineWise Established in March 1998, NPS MedicineWise (known prior to 2009 as the National Prescribing Service) is an Australian not-for-profit organisation whose programs are funded by the national Department of Health. Since July 2012, the organisation h ...

, known prior to 2009 as the National Prescribing Service, a medical information provider in Australia *

Nunavik Police Service The Nunavik Police Service (NPS; french: Service de police du Nunavik, iu, ᓄᓇᕕᒻᒥ ᐳᓖᓰᑦ ᐱᒍᑦᔨᔨᖏᑦ) delivers regular policing services in the 14 remote northern villages of the Kativik Region. The headquarters of the N ...

in Quebec, Canada

Science, medicine and pharmaceutics

Nail–patella syndrome Nail–patella syndrome is a genetic disorder that results in small, poorly developed nails and kneecaps, but can also affect many other areas of the body, such as the elbows, chest, and hips. The name "nail–patella" can be very misleading bec ...

, an autosomal dominant genetic disorder *

Neuropeptide S Neuropeptide S (NPS) is a neuropeptide found in human and mammalian brain, mainly produced by neurons in the amygdala and between Barrington's nucleus and the locus coeruleus, although NPS-responsive neurons extend projections into many other br ...

, a neuropeptide found in human and mammalian brain *

New psychoactive substance A designer drug is a structural analog, structural or Functional analog (chemistry), functional analog of a controlled substance that has been designed to mimic the pharmacological effects of the original drug, while avoiding classification as ill ...

Nonpoint source pollution Nonpoint source (NPS) pollution refers to diffuse contamination (or pollution) of water or air that does not originate from a single discrete source. This type of pollution is often the cumulative effect of small amounts of contaminants gathered ...

NPS Pharmaceuticals Shire plc was a UK-founded Jersey-registered specialty biopharmaceutical company. Originating in the United Kingdom with an operational base in the United States, its brands and products included Vyvanse, Lialda, and Adderall XR. Shire was ac ...

, acquired by Shire in 2015

Technology

Network Policy Server Network Policy and Access Services (NPAS) is a component of Windows Server 2008. It replaces the Internet Authentication Service (IAS) from Windows Server 2003. NPAS helps you safeguard the health and security of a network. The NPAS server role inc ...

, component of Microsoft Server 2008

Pipes and pipe threads

* National pipe straight, a non-taper pipe thread among the

national pipe thread American National Standard Pipe Thread standards, often called national pipe thread standards for short, are United States national technical standards for screw threads used on threaded pipes and pipe fittings. They include both tapered and stra ...

standards *

Nominal Pipe Size Nominal Pipe Size (NPS) is a North American set of standard sizes for pipes used for high or low pressures and temperatures. "Nominal" refers to pipe in non-specific terms and identifies the diameter of the hole with a non-dimensional number (for ...

, a North American set of standard sizes for pipes

Politics

National Party of Scotland The National Party of Scotland (NPS) was a centre-left political party in Scotland which was one of the predecessors of the current Scottish National Party (SNP). The NPS was the first Scottish nationalist political party, and the first which c ...

, 1928–1934 *

National Party of Suriname The National Party of Suriname ( nl, Nationale Partij Suriname, NPS) is a social democratic political party in Suriname, founded in 1946, and since June 2012 led by Gregory Rusland. For a long time it was the largest ruling party in the country, ...

New Socialist Party (France) New Socialist Party (french: Nouveau parti socialiste, NPS) is an organized caucus in the French Socialist Party. The NPS made up part of the left wing of the party. The NPS was founded in October 2002 by Arnaud Montebourg, Vincent Peillon, Julien ...

(French: ') *

New Socialist Party (San Marino) The New Socialist Party ( it, Nuovo Partito Socialista, NPS) was a social-democratic political party in San Marino. It was formed in 2005 as a split by those among the members of the Sammarinese Socialist Party who did not accept the merger with ...

(Italian: ')

Education

National Public School, Indiranagar The National Public School, Indiranagar (NPS) is a private school located in Indiranagar, Bangalore, India. It is a sister institution of the National Public School Rajajinagar and National Public School HSR. It was started in 1982 by Dr. Gopalkr ...

, Bangalore, India *

Naval Postgraduate School The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) is a public graduate school operated by the United States Navy and located in Monterey, California. It offers master’s and doctoral degrees in more than 70 fields of study to the U.S. Armed Forces, DOD ci ...

, California, US

Literature

New Penguin Shakespeare New Penguin Shakespeare is a series of the works of William Shakespeare published from 1967 to 1987 as an imprint of Penguin Books. Printed in paperback the editions were very popular in schools where they were used for teaching Shakespeare. This ...

, a series of the works of Shakespeare published by Penguin Books

Business

Net promoter score Net promoter score (NPS) is a widely used market research metric that is based on a single survey question asking respondents to rate the likelihood that they would recommend a company, product, or a service to a friend or colleague. The NPS is a ...

, in customer relations {{disambiguation