APU

APU or Apu may refer to:

Film and television

 * The Apu Trilogy, a series of three Indian films, directed by Satyajit Ray, with the fictional character Apu Roy, comprising:
 * Pather Panchali (Song of the Little Road) (1955), the first of the three films, covering the early childhood of Apu
 * Aparajito (The Unvanquished) (1956), the second film, covering the remaining years of Apu's youth and adolescence
 * Apur Sansar (The World of Apu) (1959), the final film of the trilogy, covering Apu's adulthood
 * Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, a fictional character from the animated television series The Simpsons (appearing 1990–2020)

Literature

 * Apu Roy, the fictional character in two novels by Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay:
 * Pather Panchali (1929), the basis for the first film of The Apu Trilogy
 * Aparajito, a second novel by Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay, the basis of the second and third films of the trilogy
 * Apu (magazine), a Finnish family magazine (1933–present)

Organizations

 * Aliança Povo Unido, or United People Alliance, a political coalition in Portugal
 * Applied Psychology Unit, now the Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit at the Medical Research Council, United Kingdom
 * Evangelical Church of the old-Prussian Union, (Evangelische Kirche der altpreußischen Union) a former church
 * Amherst Political Union, a student debating organization at Amherst College

Education

 * Alaska Pacific University, in Anchorage, Alaska, United States
 * American Public University, in Charles Town, West Virginia, United States
 * Anglia Polytechnic University, former name of Anglia Ruskin University in England
 * Azusa Pacific University, in Azusa, California, United States
 * Asia Pacific University of Technology & Innovation, colloquially known as Asia Pacific University, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
 * Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, in Beppu, Ōita, Japan
 * Azim Premji University, in Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Technology

 * AMD APU, marketing term from AMD for a microprocessor that includes a CPU and a GPU within a single chip
 * Audio processing unit, a microprocessor for processing audio on computers
 * Auxiliary power unit, a device on a vehicle that provides energy for functions other than propulsion

Transportation

 * Apucarana Airport, Brazil, by IATA code
 * Apu (1899), a Finnish icebreaker
 * Apu (1970), a Finnish icebreaker, in the list of icebreakers

Other uses

 * Apu, another name for Upu, an ancient region surrounding Damascus
 * Apu (god), a deity or honorific in South American religion and Incan mythology
 * Augusto Pinochet Ugarte, 31st President of Chile