CPE

CPE may refer to:

Biochemistry

 * Carbapenemase-producing enterobacteriaceae, a "superbug" resistant to antibiotics
 * Carboxypeptidase E, an enzyme involved in the biosynthesis of neuropeptides and peptide hormones
 * Clostridium perfringens enterotoxin, a contributor to food poisoning
 * Cytopathic effect, changes in cells caused by viruses
 * Cytoplasmic polyadenylation element, an RNA sequence
 * Chlorinated polyethylene, a thermoplastic polymer
 * Core promoter element, in DNA, initiating gene transcription

Telecommunications

 * Customer-premises equipment, any equipment which is the property of the network operator and located on the customer premises

Science

 * Carnian pluvial episode/event, a climatic episode and minor extinction-radiation event in the Triassic
 * Carbon paste electrode, a special type of electrodes used in electrochemistry
 * Charged-particle equilibrium
 * Computer engineering
 * Constant phase element of an equivalent electrical circuit

Education

 * Certificate of Primary Education, an academic qualification in Mauritius awarded upon the completion of primary school
 * Certificate of Proficiency in English, a general English exam provided by the University of Cambridge
 * Certified Professional Electrologist, board certification credential for permanent hair removal specialists
 * Clinical pastoral education, training in pastoral care for religious workers
 * Common Professional Examination, a course which allows non-law graduates in England and Wales to convert to law after university
 * Continuing professional education, or continuing professional development, is the means by which professionals maintain and develop the qualities required in their working lives
 * École supérieure de chimie physique électronique de Lyon (CPE Lyon), a French engineering school
 * Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education
 * Committee for Private Education, an accreditation body for private schools and tertiary education providers in Singapore

Business

 * Centrally planned economy
 * First Employment Contract (contrat première embauche), a French form of work contract, retracted by the government in Spring 2006
 * Cost Per Enplanement, a term used in commercial aviation regarding airport costs
 * Cost per engagement, an online advertising selling model in which the vendor defines the "engagement" as form of currency or metric

Other uses

 * Chinese Pidgin English, a pidgin language spoken in parts of China in the 17th to 19th centuries.
 * Common Platform Enumeration, a component of the Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP)
 * Creative Power Entertaining, Chinese animation company
 * CPE, IATA airport code for Ing. Alberto Acuña Ongay International Airport in Campeche, Mexico
 * Centristi per l'Europa (Centrists for Europe), an Italian political party
 * Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714–1788), German Classical period musician and composer
 * Communist Party of Estonia