An academy is an institution of secondary education or higher learning, research, or honorary membership.
Academy may also refer to:
Education Academy (English school), formerly known as city academy, type of publicly financed but independently run school Academy, one of the school organizational models French regional academies overseeing education Military academy Platonic Academy, the original Academy founded by the philosopher Plato in ancient Greece Scottish school naming, in Scotland, a quarter of the secondary schools have the word "academy" in their name
National language regulators , the French Academy, pre-eminent French learned body on matters pertaining to the French language, officially established in 1635 Accademia della Crusca, the Italian institution seeking to maintain the "purity" of the original Italian language Real Academia Española, Spanish Royal Academy, the institution responsible for regulating the Spanish language Swedish Academy, founded to further the "purity, strength, and sublimity of the Swedish language See List of language regulators for complete list.
Arts, entertainment, and media Awards Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España (Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences, or AACCE), a Spanish organization responsible for the Goya Awards Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), an American organization responsible for the Academy Awards (Oscars)
Films Academy (1996 film), an Australian film Academy (2007 film), a 2007 Japanese film
Music The Academy (EP), an EP by The Academy Is... The Academy (album), an album by Rich Music, Sech and Dalex featuring Justin Quiles, Lenny Tavárez and Feid The Academy: Segunda Misión, its sequel The Academy, previous name for alternative rock band Elliot Minor The Academy Drum and Bugle Corps, Tempe, Arizona Academy of St Martin in the Fields, English orchestra
Television D'Academy or DA (lit. 'Dangdut Academy'), the second present and second largest dangdut music talent show in Indonesia The Academy (franchise), a Hong Kong television and film police drama franchise The Academy (Hong Kong TV series), the first series in the franchise from 2005 The Academy (American TV series), a 2007–2008 American reality television series "Academy", an episode of the Max Headroom TV series "The Academy", a fifth-season episode of the fantasy television series, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys "The Academy" (Star Wars: The Clone Wars)
Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media Academy (video game), a 1987 ZX Spectrum video game The Academy (periodical), a London periodical, 1869–1902, published as The Academy and Literature, 1902–1916 Academy 1-2-3 (cinema), former art house cinema on Oxford Street, London; closed in 1986 Academy Cinema, Bristol, cinema (1914–55) in Bristol, United Kingdom
Businesses Academia.edu, a repository of academic papers and social network for academics Academy Bus, bus company based in New Jersey Academy Music Group, owner-operator of British music venues (Carling academy) Academy Plastic Model Co., Korean scale model manufacturer Academy Sports and Outdoors, sporting goods store O2 Brixton Academy, a music venue in London commonly known as The Academy The Academy (hotel), a London hotel located in the district of Bloomsbury The Academy (music venue), located in Dublin, Ireland The Academy Shopping Centre, Aberdeen Academy Cinemas (disambiguation) Academy Theater (disambiguation)
Places United States Academy, St. Louis, Missouri Academy, South Dakota Academy Lake, a lake in South Dakota Little River-Academy, Texas, which includes the settlement of Academy
Greenland Academy Fjord Academy Glacier (Greenland) Academy Glacier (NW Greenland)
Elsewhere Academy, Alberta Canada Academy Bay, Galapagos islands Academy Bay (Sea of Okhotsk) Academy Glacier, Antarctica
Other uses Academy (automobile), 1906–1908 British automobile The Academy (Heathsville, Virginia), US, a historic house House of Providence (Vancouver, Washington), commonly known as the Academy building National academy Youth academy, a youth development system attached to a sports club
See also
Academia (disambiguation) Academic (disambiguation) The Academi, Welsh literary agency Academi, previously known as Xe Services LLC, Blackwater USA, and Blackwater Worldwide; a private military contractor Accies (disambiguation) Akademy, an annual contributors and users conference of the KDE community Royal Academy (disambiguation) for many institutions of this name