Academy (disambiguation)

An academy is an institution of secondary education or higher learning, research, or honorary membership.

Academy may also refer to:

Education

 * Academy (English school), formerly known as city academy, type of publicly financed but independently run school
 * Academy, one of the school organizational models
 * French regional academies overseeing education
 * Military academy
 * Platonic Academy, the original Academy founded by the philosopher Plato in ancient Greece c. 385 BCE
 * Scottish school naming, in Scotland, a quarter of the secondary schools have the word "academy" in their name

National language regulators
See List of language regulators for complete list.
 * Académie française, the French Academy, pre-eminent French learned body on matters pertaining to the French language, officially established in 1635
 * Accademia della Crusca, the Italian institution seeking to maintain the "purity" of the original Italian language
 * Real Academia Española, Spanish Royal Academy, the institution responsible for regulating the Spanish language
 * Swedish Academy, founded to further the "purity, strength, and sublimity of the Swedish language

Awards

 * Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España (Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences, or AACCE), a Spanish organization responsible for the Goya Awards
 * Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), an American organization responsible for the Academy Awards (Oscars)

Films

 * Academy (1996 film), an Australian film
 * Academy (2007 film), a 2007 Japanese film

Music

 * The Academy (EP), an EP by The Academy Is...
 * The Academy (album), an album by Rich Music, Sech and Dalex featuring Justin Quiles, Lenny Tavárez and Feid
 * The Academy: Segunda Misión, its sequel
 * The Academy, previous name for alternative rock band Elliot Minor
 * The Academy Drum and Bugle Corps, Tempe, Arizona

Television

 * The Academy (franchise), a Hong Kong television and film police drama franchise
 * The Academy (Hong Kong TV series), the first series in the franchise from 2005
 * The Academy (American TV series), a 2007–2008 American reality television series
 * "Academy", an episode of the Max Headroom TV series
 * "The Academy", a fifth-season episode of the fantasy television series, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
 * "The Academy" (Star Wars: The Clone Wars)

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

 * Academy (video game), a 1987 ZX Spectrum video game
 * The Academy (periodical), a London periodical, 1869–1902, published as The Academy and Literature, 1902–1916
 * Academy 1-2-3 (cinema), former art house cinema on Oxford Street, London; closed in 1986
 * Academy Cinema, Bristol, cinema (1914–55) in Bristol, United Kingdom

Businesses

 * Academia.edu, a repository of academic papers and social network for academics
 * Academy Bus, bus company based in New Jersey
 * Academy Music Group, owner-operator of British music venues (Carling academy)
 * Academy Plastic Model Co., Korean scale model manufacturer
 * Academy Sports and Outdoors, sporting goods store
 * O2 Brixton Academy, a music venue in London commonly known as The Academy
 * The Academy (hotel), a London hotel located in the district of Bloomsbury
 * The Academy (music venue), located in Dublin, Ireland
 * The Academy Shopping Centre, Aberdeen

United States

 * Academy, St. Louis, Missouri
 * Academy, South Dakota
 * Academy Lake, a lake in South Dakota
 * Little River-Academy, Texas, which includes the settlement of Academy

Greenland

 * Academy Fjord
 * Academy Glacier (Greenland)
 * Academy Glacier (NW Greenland)

Elsewhere

 * Academy, Alberta Canada
 * Academy Bay, Galapagos islands
 * Academy Bay (Sea of Okhotsk)
 * Academy Glacier, Antarctica

Other uses

 * Academy (automobile), 1906–1908 British automobile
 * The Academy (Heathsville, Virginia), US, a historic house
 * House of Providence (Vancouver, Washington), commonly known as the Academy building
 * National academy
 * Youth academy, a youth development system attached to a sports club