MCA may refer to:
Astronomy
- Mars-crossing asteroid, an asteroid whose orbit crosses that of Mars
Aviation
- Minimum crossing altitude, a minimum obstacle crossing altitude for fixes on published airways
- Medium Combat Aircraft, a 5th generation fighter aircraft being developed by India
- Macenta Airport, Guinea (by IATA code)
Biology and chemistry
- MacConkey agar, a selective growth medium for bacteria
- Monochloroacetic acid, carboxylic acid, manufactured by chlorinating acetic acid
- Methylcholanthrene, a carcinogen
- Methyl cyanoacrylate, an organic compound
- Metabolic control analysis, analysing how the control of fluxes and intermediate concentrations in a metabolic pathway is distributed
- Middle cerebral artery, one of the three major blood supplies to the brain
Companies
- MCA Inc., a now defunct company (originally called Music Corporation of America) and its subsidiary companies:
- MCA Records
- MCA Nashville Records
- MCA Home Video, former name of Universal Studios Home Entertainment
- MCA Music Inc. (Philippines), a Philippine branch of Universal Music Group which uses the MCA brand due to a trademark issue
- Maubeuge Construction Automobile (MCA), a subsidiary of French car manufacturer Renault
- Minato Communications Association, a former company name of the Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association
Education
Graduate degrees
- Master in Customs Administration, a trade-related degree offered in PMI Colleges (Philippines)
Post Graduate Degree
- Master of Computer Applications, a three-year professional master's degree in Computer Science/Applied Computer Science awarded in India
Educational institutions
- Maranatha Christian Academy, the former name of National Christian Life College, Marikina, Philippines
- Marist College Ashgrove, an Australian School
- McIntosh County Academy, a high school in McIntosh County, Georgia, United States
- Memphis College of Art, an art school in Tennessee, United States
- Morrison Christian Academy, an American school in Taiwan
Professional courses
- Microsoft Certified Architect, a certification available from Microsoft
- Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments—Series II, a standardized test in Minnesota
Organizations
- Maharashtra Chess Association
- Malaysian Chinese Association, a political party in Malaysia
- Maritime and Coastguard Agency, an agency of the United Kingdom Government
- Medicines Control Agency, which joined with the Medical Devices Agency to become the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
- Metal Construction Association
- Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. program for aid to developing countries
- Ministry of Corporate Affairs, an Indian government ministry
- MultiCultural Aotearoa, a New Zealand political action group
- Mumbai Cricket Association, ruling body for cricket in Mumbai
- Multicore Association, an industry association regrouping companies and universities interested in multicore computing research.
- Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, in Sydney
Sports
- MC Alger, a football club based in Algiers, Algeria
- Manitoba Curling Association, Manitoba, Canada
- Maharashtra Cricket Association, Pune, India
- Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune, India
- Mumbai Cricket Association, Mumbai, India
Technologies
- Machine Check Architecture, a method for a CPU to report hardware errors to an operating system
- Maximum credible accident, a postulated scenario that a nuclear facility must be able to withstand
- Micro Channel architecture, a type of computer bus
- Mitsubishi MCA, an emissions control approach for gasoline-powered vehicles during the 1970s
- Movable cellular automaton
- Multichannel analyzer, a gamma ray spectroscopy system for measuring counts at different voltage levels
People
- Adam Yauch (1964–2012), a.k.a. "MCA" of the Beastie Boys
- Michiel van den Bos (born 1975), a.k.a. "M.C.A.", Dutch composer
- Chris Avellone (born 1971), a.k.a. "MCA", Video game designer
Other uses
- Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act, a US financial statute passed in 1980
- Mental Capacity Act 2005, is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom applying to England and Wales.
- Medieval Climate Anomaly
- Motor Coach Age, the magazine of the Motor Bus Society
- Multiple correspondence analysis
- Museum of Contemporary Art (disambiguation), numerous museums around the world
- The US Military Commissions Act of 2006