RAN

RAN may refer to:


 * Radio access network, a part of a mobile telecommunication system
 * Rainforest Action Network
 * Ran (gene) (RAs-related Nuclear protein), also known as GTP-binding nuclear protein Ran, a protein that in humans is encoded by the RAN gene
 * Ran (Sufism), a concept of Sufism
 * RAN translation (Repeat Associated Non-AUG translation), an irregular mode of mRNA translation
 * Ran Online (stylized as RAN Online), a massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed by Min Communications, Inc.
 * RAN Remote Area Nurse (TV series)
 * Rapid automatized naming, a predictor of reading ability
 * Ravenna Airport, an airport in Ravenna, Italy by IATA code
 * Régie du Chemin de Fer Abidjan-Niger, a railway in French West Africa, linking Côte d'Ivoire to Upper Volta (now called Burkina Faso)
 * Remote Area Nurse, in Australia
 * Royal Australian Navy, the naval branch of the Australian Defence Force
 * Rugby Americas North, the administrative body of rugby union in North America and the Caribbean
 * Russian Academy of Sciences (transliteration of its Russian acronym Rossiiskaya Akademiya Nauk)
 * RAN (Indonesian group)