UC may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

* '' University Challenge'', a popular British quiz programme airing on BBC Two ** ''

University Challenge (New Zealand) ''University Challenge'' is a long-running New Zealand television quiz show, running originally from 1976 to 1989 before its revival in 2014 after a 25-year hiatus. The format was based on the British show of the same name, which was itself ba ...

'', the New Zealand version of the British programme * Universal Century, one of the timelines of the ''Gundam'' anime metaseries

Education

In the United States

* University of California system ** University of California, Berkeley, its flagship university * University of Charleston, West Virginia * University of Chicago, Illinois * University of Cincinnati, Ohio * Upsala College, East Orange, New Jersey (''defunct since 1995'') * Utica College, Utica, New York * Harvard Undergraduate Council, Harvard College's student government body * University college

In other countries

* Pontifical Catholic University of Chile * University of Canberra, Australia * University of Cantabria, Spain *

University of Canterbury The University of Canterbury ( mi, Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha; postnominal abbreviation ''Cantuar.'' or ''Cant.'' for ''Cantuariensis'', the Latin name for Canterbury) is a public research university based in Christchurch, New Zealand. It was ...

, New Zealand * University of Cebu, Cebu City, Philippines * University of Coimbra, Portugal * University of the Cordilleras, Baguio, Philippines * Uva College, Badulla, Sri Lanka * Uxbridge College, England * University of Calgary, Canada

Science, technology, and mathematics

Biology and medicine

* Ulcerative colitis, a type of inflammatory bowel disease * Unassisted childbirth, birth without the aid of professional birth attendants * Umbilical cord

Computing and telecommunication

* UC Browser, a web browser for mobile devices * UC Mobile, a Chinese software company * Universal composability, a cryptographic model for protocols *

Microcontroller A microcontroller (MCU for ''microcontroller unit'', often also MC, UC, or μC) is a small computer on a single VLSI integrated circuit (IC) chip. A microcontroller contains one or more CPUs (processor cores) along with memory and programmable i ...

(abbreviated "uC" or "μC"), a computer-on-a-chip used to control electronic devices * Unified communications, the integration of real-time communication services

Other uses in science, technology, and mathematics

* UC (noise reduction) (Universal Compatible/Universal Compander), a vinyl record noise reduction system in the 1980s *

German Type UC submarine (disambiguation) German Type UC submarine may refer to: * German Type UC I submarine of WW1 * German Type UC II submarine Type UC II minelaying submarines were used by the Imperial German Navy during World War I. They displaced 417 tons, carried guns, 7 torpedo ...

* German submarine U-C of WW2 * Danish UC submarines (disambiguation) of Peter Madsen * Culver UC, a US Navy unmanned target drone * Ultrasonic consolidation, an additive manufacturing technology * Uranium carbide, a hard refractive ceramic material * Uniform polyhedron compound, a type of geometry * Universal Column, a type of H-beam * Folding boxboard, a paperboard grade *

Undercarriage Undercarriage is the part of a moving vehicle that is underneath the main body of the vehicle. The term originally applied to this part of a horse-drawn carriage, and usage has since broadened to include: *The landing gear of an aircraft. *The ch ...

, also known as landing gear, on aircraft *

Photon upconversion A photon () is an elementary particle that is a quantum of the electromagnetic field, including electromagnetic radiation such as light and radio waves, and the force carrier for the electromagnetic force. Photons are massless, so they always m ...

, an optical phenomenon

Other uses

* Centrist Union group, a parliamentary group in the French Senate * Undercover, the practice of disguising one's identity for the purposes of a police investigation or espionage * Unified Cornish, a variety of the Cornish language * Union councils of Pakistan * Unit cost, a business measure * United Center, a sports arena in Chicago * Universal Credit, a British social security benefit * University City, a neighborhood in northern San Diego * Upper case, in orthography and typography, denoting large or capital letters * Urban Council, a municipal council in Hong Kong * Unification Church, a new religious movement originally founded in South Korea * Uc, a classification formerly used by the British Board of Film Classification until 2009