PMA

PMA may refer to:

Organizations

 * Pacific Maritime Association
 * Pacific Missionary Aviation
 * Palestine Monetary Authority
 * Pakistan Marine Academy
 * Pakistan Military Academy
 * Presentation of Mary Academy
 * People's Municipal Assembly
 * Philadelphia Museum of Art
 * Philippine Military Academy
 * Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia
 * Photo Marketing Association
 * PMA Group, a lobbying firm in the US
 * Policia Militar Ambulante (Mobile Military Police, Ambulant Military Police or PMA) was an elite paramilitary corp active in Guatemala during the Guatemalan Civil War.
 * Power Marketing Administration
 * Power Matters Alliance, a consortium promoting a wireless charging standard
 * President's Management Agenda, US
 * Produce Marketing Association
 * Publishers Marketing Association
 * Puckapunyal Military Area, Australia
 * Pemba Airport (Tanzania) (IATA airport code)

Science and technology

 * para-Methoxyamphetamine, an amphetamine derivative
 * Phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate, a transient PKC stimulator
 * Phosphomolybdic acid, used as a thin-layer chromatography stain
 * Poly(methyl acrylate), a synthetic acrylate polymer
 * Principles of Mathematical Analysis, a real analysis textbook
 * Progressive muscular atrophy, a neurodegenerative muscle-wasting disease
 * Propidium monoazide, a fluorescent dye
 * Psychomotor agitation, unintentional and purposeless movements accompanying some health conditions (depression, anxiety, and others)

Technology and engineering

 * Persistent Management Agent, defined by Broadband Forum WT-318
 * phpMyAdmin, management tool of a MySQL database
 * Physical Medium Attachment in computer network protocols is a sublayer of physical layer
 * Program Memory Area, of a CDRW
 * Pressurized Mating Adapter, for docking a Space Shuttle to the International Space Station
 * Post mortem analysis, a technical analysis of a finished project
 * Parts Manufacturer Approval, a U.S. government approval for manufacture of aircraft parts
 * Premarket approval, a U.S. government approval for medical devices

Humanities

 * Positive mental attitude, a philosophy of having an optimistic disposition in every situation
 * Post mortem auctoris, a Latin term meaning "after the author's death", most often used in determining copyright
 * Professional Master's in Social Sciences and Humanities, a postgraduate academic degree program

Other uses

 * Performance Monitoring for Action, a survey held at intervals in Burkina Faso
 * "PMA" (song), a 2021 song by All Time Low
 * "PMA", a 2012 song by Lower Than Atlantis from their album Changing Tune