QE may stand for:

Economics

* Quantitative easing, a monetary policy intended to stimulate an economy in recession *

Quantum economics Quantum economics is an emerging research field which applies mathematical methods and ideas from quantum physics to the field of economics. It is motivated by the belief that economic processes such as financial transactions have much in common wi ...

, a type of monetary economic analysis

Education

Qualifying examination The use of the term Prelim (short for preliminary examination) generally refers to an examination that qualifies a student to continue studies at a higher level, and/or allow the student to comprehend their studies and see how prepared they ar ...

, an exam required to continue studies at a higher level * Queen Elizabeth School (disambiguation), several schools, including: **

Queen Elizabeth's School, Wimborne Minster Queen Elizabeth's School (also known as QE) is a co-educational secondary school in Wimborne Minster, Dorset, England. Introduction QE is an upper school, taking students between the ages of 13 and 18. In November 2014 there were 1,482 pupils, ...

, in Winborne Minster, Dorset, England ** Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College, in Darlington, County Durham, England ** Wyggeston and Queen Elizabeth I College in Leicester, England

Hospitals

* Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham in England *

Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong Queen Elizabeth Hospital (), QE or QEH in short, is one of the largest acute general hospitals in Hong Kong. It was named after Queen Elizabeth II. The hospital is a major tertiary hospital in southern Kowloon, with over 1,900 beds. It employ ...

, a hospital at King's Park in Kowloon, Hong Kong * Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide, in Australia

Mathematics

* Quantifier elimination, a technique to simplify formulas * Quadratic equation, an equation involving the second power (square) but no higher

Royalty

* Queen of England (disambiguation) *

Queen Elizabeth (disambiguation) Queen Elizabeth, Queen Elisabeth or Elizabeth the Queen may refer to: Queens regnant * Elizabeth I (1533–1603; ), Queen of England and Ireland * Elizabeth II (1926–2022; ), Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms * Queen B ...

, several queens, including: ** Queen Elizabeth I of England (1533–1603) ** Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom (born 1926)

Science and engineering

Quantum efficiency The term quantum efficiency (QE) may apply to incident photon to converted electron (IPCE) ratio of a photosensitive device, or it may refer to the TMR effect of a Magnetic Tunnel Junction. This article deals with the term as a measurement of ...

, a measure of a device's sensitivity to light * Quantum entanglement, a close interaction between particles at the quantum level such that they are inseparable *

Quality assurance Quality assurance (QA) is the term used in both manufacturing and service industries to describe the systematic efforts taken to ensure that the product(s) delivered to customer(s) meet with the contractual and other agreed upon performance, design ...

, also known as quality engineering * ''Quality Engineering'' (journal), an academic journal focused on quality assurance *

Query expansion Query expansion (QE) is the process of reformulating a given query to improve retrieval performance in information retrieval operations, particularly in the context of query understanding. In the context of search engines, query expansion involves ...

, a technique to provide better search results by automatically adding similar searches * Quartz Compositor, also known as Quartz Extreme, the windowing system in Mac OS X

Transportation

* Queen Elizabeth Way, a highway in Ontario, Canada * ''Queen Elizabeth''-class aircraft carrier, a class Royal Navy ships *

Crossair Europe Crossair Europe (European Continental Airways) was an airline headquartered on the grounds of EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg in Saint-Louis, Haut Rhin, France, near Basel, Switzerland. It operated scheduled services to destinations in Italy ...

(IATA airline designator QE) * ''Queen Elizabeth'' (ship)

Culture

* ''Queer Eye'' (2003 TV series)