Academy (disambiguation)
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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 c. 385 BCE
Scottish school naming, in Scotland, a quarter of the secondary schools have the word "academy" in their name
National language regulators
Académie française, 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.
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