AST, Ast, or ast may refer to:

Education AST (exam) (Aptitude Scholastic Test), a standardized university entrance examination ACT Scaling Test, for year 12 students, Australia Advanced Skills Teacher, a teaching role in England and Wales Air Service Training, a flight engineering training school American School in Taichung, an international school in Taichung, Taiwan American School of Tangier American School of Tegucigalpa American School of Tripoli Atlantic School of Theology, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Avalanche Skills Training, Canada Conroe ISD Academy of Science and Technology, Texas, US

Science and technology Attention schema theory, of consciousness or subjective awareness

Computing Abstract syntax tree, a finite, labeled, directed tree used in computer science Anamorphic stretch transform, a physics-inspired signal transform Andrew S. Tanenbaum (born 1944), American-Dutch computer scientist, sometimes identified as "ast" Asynchronous system trap, a mechanism used in several computer operating systems Application security testing, testing the operation and security of a software application Application support team, a team of application support analysts supporting IT services delivered to users within an organisation, enabling the required operational processes needed for the business to be successful.

Medicine Aspartate transaminase, an enzyme associated with liver parenchymal cells Antibiotic sensitivity testing or antibiotic susceptibility testing, the measurement of the susceptibility of bacteria to antibiotics

Mathematics Alternative set theory Alternating series test

Organizations Allied Security Trust, a patent holding company AST Research, a defunct personal computer manufacturer Association for Software Testing, US AST (publisher), a Russian book publishing company Arsenal Supporters' Trust, English football club supporters Augstsprieguma tīkls, independent electricity transmission state system operator in Latvia

Politics and government Abwehrstelle or Ast, the local intelligence center in each military district in Nazi Germany Alaska State Troopers, state police agency in Alaska, US Chadian Social Action (), a former political party in Chad Office of Commercial Space Transportation, of the US FAA

Asturians, as used by ast.wikipedia.org

Transport Aldershot GO Station, Amtrak station code AST Astoria Regional Airport (FAA Identifier and IATA code AST), Clatsop County, Oregon, US Aston railway station (National Rail code), Birmingham, England

Time zones Atlantic Standard Time, UTC−4 Alaska Standard Time, UTC−9 Arabia Standard Time, UTC+3 Antigua and Barbuda Time, UTC−4

Other uses Aviation Survival Technician, a US Coast Guard rating AST Research, Inc., as known as AST Computer, a personal computer manufacturer Asti, Italian province and city (was traditionally Ast in the Piemontese dialect) Assured shorthold tenancy, UK Asturian language (ISO 639 alpha-3: ast), Spain Astana Pro Team (UCI code AST), a professional road bicycle racing team Georg Anton Friedrich Ast, German philosopher and philologist (1778–1841) Pat Ast, American actress and model (1941-2001) AST SpaceMobile, American satellite manufacturer