UCA

UCA is an acronym with multiple meanings across different domains, including higher education, religious organizations, and information technology. The exact meaning depends on context.

In higher education, UCA can refer to University of Central Arkansas in Conway, Arkansas (USA); the University of Central Asia, a transnational university in Central Asia; and the Universidad Católica Argentina, a Pontifical Catholic university in Argentina.

In religion, UCA refers to the United Church of Australia, a Protestant denomination formed by the 1977 union of Congregational, Methodist, and Presbyterian churches.

In computing and standards, UCA stands for the Unicode Collation Algorithm, the specification used to determine the ordering of Unicode strings in a locale-sensitive manner. It is part of the Unicode Standard and informs sorting and collation in software and databases.

Other uses exist in regional, corporate, and organizational names. When encountering UCA, the intended meaning is typically clarified by the field or geographic region.