IPA

IPA commonly refers to:

• International Phonetic Alphabet, a system of phonetic notation
  • International Phonetic Association, behind the alphabet
• India pale ale, a style of beer
• Isopropyl alcohol, a chemical compound

IPA may also refer to:

Organizations

International

• Insolvency Practitioners Association, of the UK and Ireland
• Institute of Public Administration (disambiguation)
• International Permafrost Association
• International Play Association
• International Police Association
• International Polka Association
• International Presentation Association, network of Presentation Sisters
• International Psychoanalytical Association
• International Publishers Association, representing book and journal publishing

Australia

• Institute of Public Accountants
• Institute of Public Affairs

India

• Indian Pharmacist Association
• Indian Polo Association

United Kingdom

• Infrastructure and Projects Authority
• Institute of Practitioners in Advertising
• Involvement and Participation Association, for employee involvement in the workplace

United States

• Independence Party of America
• Independent Pilots Association
• Independent practice association, of physicians
• Innovations for Poverty Action
• Innovative Products of America, a tool manufacturer
• Institute for Propaganda Analysis
• Island Pacific Academy, Hawaii

Other

• Independent Psychiatric Association of Russia
• Institute of Public Affairs, Poland
• Instituto Superior Autónomo de Estudos Politécnicos, Portugal
• Instituto de Profesores Artigas [es], a Uruguayan teacher training institute

Science

• 3-Indolepropionic acid, a biological substance
• Ipa (spider), a genus of spiders

Technology

• .ipa, extension for Apple iOS applications
• "Identity, Policy, and Audit", as in FreeIPA
• Intermediate power amplifier of a radio transmitter

Other uses

• Important Plant Areas, a UK programme
• Indigenous Protected Area, Australia
• Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance, EU funding programme
• Interaction Process Analysis
• Interpretative phenomenological analysis to psychological qualitative research
• Investigatory Powers Act 2016, a piece of UK legislation
• IOC code used for some of the Independent Paralympians at the Paralympic Games teams