STA

STA or Sta may refer to:

Organizations

 * Samoa Tourism Authority
 * Science & Technology Australia, a peak body for scientists and technologists
 * Scottish Tartans Authority
 * Scottish Trans Alliance
 * Spokane Transit Authority, US
 * State Transit Authority, a former government agency of New South Wales, Australia
 * State Transport Authority (South Australia), a former government agency
 * State Transport Authority (Victoria), a former government-owned corportation
 * STA Travel, a former travel agency for young people
 * Slovenska tiskovna agencija, Slovenian Press Agency
 * Student Transportation of America

Schools

 * Saint Thomas Academy, Minnesota, US
 * St. Theresita's Academy, Silay City, Philippines
 * Shanghai Theatre Academy, Shanghai, China
 * St. Thomas Aquinas High School (Louisville), Ohio, US
 * St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Secondary School (London, Ontario), Canada
 * St. Albans School (Washington, D.C.), US

Science and technology

 * Science & Technology Australia, a peak body for scientists and technologists
 * Shortcuts to adiabaticity, fast routes to results from slow, adiabatic changes of a quantum system's controlling parameters
 * Spacetime algebra, in mathematical physics
 * Spike-triggered average, a tool for characterizing the response properties of a neuron
 * Special temporary authority, to operate a radio station in the US
 * Static timing analysis, of a digital circuit
 * Station (computer networking), in IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi) terminology
 * Simultaneous thermal analysis, in thermal analysis
 * Single-Threaded Apartment, in Component Object Model

Military and space

 * Shuttle Training Aircraft, a NASA training vehicle
 * Surveillance and Target Acquisition, a military role
 * STA platoon, up to the first Gulf War
 * STA sniper, after the first Gulf War

Other uses

 * SCSI Trade Association, STA or SCSITA
 * Stauning Vestjylland Airport (IATA code), Denmark
 * Sustainable Transport Award, to a city
 * Short Term Assignment, short term assignment to a role