IPA

IPA commonly refers to:

• India pale ale, a style of beer
• International Phonetic Alphabet, a system of phonetic notation
• Isopropyl alcohol, rubbing alcohol

IPA may also refer to:

Organizations

International

• International Phonetic Association, behind the International Phonetic Alphabet
• Insolvency Practitioners Association, of the UK and Ireland
• Institute of Public Administration (disambiguation)
• International Permafrost Association
• International Play Association
• International Police Association
• International Polka Association
• International Psychoanalytical Association
• International Publishers Association

Australia

• Institute of Public Accountants
• Institute of Public Affairs

India

• Indian Pharmacist Association
• Indian Polo Association

United Kingdom

• Institute of Practitioners in Advertising
• Involvement and Participation Association, for employee involvement in the workplace

United States

• Independent Pilots Association
• Independence Party of America
• Institute for Propaganda Analysis
• Island Pacific Academy, Hawaii
• Innovations for Poverty Action
• Independent practice association, of physicians
• Innovative Products of America, a tool manufacturer

Other

• Institute of Public Affairs, Poland
• Instituto Superior Autónomo de Estudos Politécnicos, Portugal
• Independent Psychiatric Association of Russia

Science and technology

• Ipa, a genus of spiders
• Intermediate power amplifier of a radio transmitter

Chemistry

• 3-Indolepropionic acid, a biological substance

Computing

• .ipa, extension for Apple iOS applications
• Software for biologists from Ingenuity Systems

Other uses

• Important Plant Areas, a UK programme
• Indigenous Protected Area, Australia
• Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance, EU funding programme
• Interpretative phenomenological analysis to psychological qualitative research