MSA

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MSA may refer to:

Academic degrees:

• Master of Advanced Studies in Sports Administration and Technology, This postgraduate programme is delivered jointly by the Universities of Lausanne & Geneva, the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and the Swiss Graduate School of Public Administration (IDHEAP)
• Master of Science in Accountancy, a post-graduate professional accounting degree
• Master of Science in Administration, a post-graduate degree providing preparation for a variety of administrative positions

Organisations and Businesses:

• Malaysia-Singapore Airlines, now Singapore Airlines and Malaysia Airlines separately
• Medical Supplies Agency - part of the United Kingdom's Amred Forces procurement system
• Mine Safety Appliances, a manufacturer of industrial safety clothing and equipment
• Mineralogical Society of America, a scientific organization founded for the advancement of mineralogy
• Missouri Students Association, the student government association of the University of Missouri-Columbia
• Monash Student Association, the student government association of the Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
• Motorcycle sport South Africa
• Motor Sports Association, the governing body for motorsport in the United Kingdom
• Muslim Students' Association, a group dedicated to Islamic societies on college campuses in Canada and the United States
• Mycological Society of America, a scientific society promoting the study of fungi [1]

Science and Technology:

• Mannitol Salt Agar, an agar useful in microbiology
• Measurement Systems Analysis, the analysis of the entire process of obtaining measurements to ensure the integrity of data and to understand the implications of measurement error for decisions made about a product or process
• Methanesulfonic acid, an organic sulfonic acid
• Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, an antibiotic resistant strain of staphyloccus bacterium, AKA MRSA
• Middle Stone Age (Mesolithic or Epipaleolithic)
• Mobile Services Architecture Specification which strives to create consistent Java (J2ME) API services for the mobile application development market
• microService Architecture BEA microService Architecture (mSA): A development effort at BEA.

Other:

• Mail submission agent, a computer program or software agent which receives electronic mail messages
• Mapping Services Agreement, a licensing contract between local authorities in the United Kingdom and suppliers of geographic data
• Marital separation agreement in divorces
• Market Square Arena, an indoor arena in Indianapolis, Indiana built in 1974 and demolished in 2001
• Master Settlement Agreement, an agreement reached between U.S. States and major tobacco companies
• Medical savings account, an account where tax-deferred deposits can be made for medical expenses
• Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the Office of Management and Budget to designate a United States metropolitan area
• Mississippi School of the Arts, a residential high school for the arts in Brookhaven, MS
• Missouri Scholars Academy, a three-week residential summer program held on the University of Missouri's Columbia campus
• Modern Standard Arabic, the variety of Arabic used in most written media and some television talk shows in the Arabic-speaking world
• Motorway service area a.k.a. rest area, a public facility at which drivers and passengers can rest before commencing their journey
• Multiple sequence alignment, an alignment of three or more biological sequences
• Multiple system atrophy, a degenerative neurological disorder
• MSA Garratt steam engine class of the Western Australian Government Railways
• The IATA code for Muskrat Dam Airport, Muskrat Dam, Ontario, Canada
• Mutual Security Agency which managed the Marshall Plan aid in Europe
• msa the band
• MSA Research Inc. A Canadian Insurance Research Firm. www.msaresearch.com