PTC

PTC may refer to:

In education:

• Pilot Training College, a JAR Flight Training Organisation fully approved for commercial pilot training
• [Piedmont Technical College], a comprehensive two-year college offering hands-on career training, university-level education and courses for personal and professional development.
• Police Training Centre, Bangladeshi academies to impart training mainly to Trainee Recruit Constables of Bangladesh Police
• Portage Trail Conference, an association of public schools within the northeastern Ohio counties of Portage, Summit, and Stark
• Presbyterian Theological Centre, a theological college of the Presbyterian Church of Australia
• Presbyterian Theological College, the theological college of the Presbyterian Church of Victoria
• Princeton Tower Club, one of the ten eating clubs at Princeton University
• Princeton Triangle Club, a theater troupe at Princeton University
• RAF Personnel and Training Command, an obsolete command of the Royal Air Force

In organizations:

• Pacific Telecommunications Council, an international organisation dedicated to telecommunications development in the Pacific hemisphere
• PTC Sports, a group of companies within the UK promoting active recreation and physical education to young people
• Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd, the largest telecommunication company in Pakistan
• Pakistan Tobacco Company, a cigarette company in Pakistan
• Parametric Technology Corporation, a Massachusetts software company
• Parents Television Council, a U.S. based advocacy group
• Party of Labour of Catalonia (Partit del Treball de Catalunya), a communist party in Catalonia, Spain
• Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, a transportation agency created to construct, finance, operate and maintain the Pennsylvania Turnpike
• Philadelphia Toboggan Company, the oldest existing roller coaster manufacturing company in the world
• Philadelphia Transit Company, a private company acquired by SEPTA in 1968
• Pilot Travel Centers, a brand of the Pilot Flying J chain of North American truck stops
• Pioneer Theatre Company, one of four fully professional theatre companies in Utah
• Polska Telefonia Cyfrowa, a Polish mobile phone network operator whose main brand is T-Mobile
• PTC Punjabi, a popular Punjabi television network from India
• PTC Punjabi (Canada), a Canadian category 2 Punjabi language digital cable specialty channel
• Public Services, Tax and Commerce Union, a short-lived trade union in the United Kingdom
• Public Transport Corporation, a state-owned corporate body that operated passenger and freight trains, trams and bus services in Victoria, Australia
• Radio Television of Serbia (Радио-телевизија Србије), the public broadcaster in Serbia

In science:

• papillary thyroid cancer, the most common type of thyroid cancer
• Echinopsis peruviana (Peruvian Torch Cactus), a fast-growing columnar cactus native to the western slope of the Andes in Peru
• Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (also pseudotumor cerebri), a neurological disorder characterized by increased intracranial pressure in the absence of a tumor or other diseases
• Percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography, a radiologic technique used to visualize the anatomy of the biliary tract
• Phase-transfer catalyst, a catalyst that facilitates the migration of a reactant from one phase into another phase where reaction occurs
• Phenylthiocarbamide, an organosulfur thiourea containing a phenyl ring
• Plant tissue culture, a practice used to propagate plants under sterile conditions
• Positive temperature coefficient, materials that experience an increase in electrical resistance when their temperature is raised
• Premature termination codon, a nucleotide triplet within messenger RNA that signals a termination of translation

Other:

• Paid To Click, an online business model where a consumer is paid to view an advertisement
• Pass-Through Certificates, instruments that evidence the ownership of two or more Equipment Trust Certificates
• Peachtree City, Georgia, a city in Fayette County, Georgia, United States
• Piece to camera, a television and film term used for when a presenter or a character speaks directly to the viewing audience through the camera.
• Players Tour Championship, a series of minor-ranking snooker tournaments
• Positive train control, a system of monitoring and controlling train movements to provide increased safety
• Production Tax Credit, a type of tax credit or sum deducted from the total amount a taxpayer owes to the state