# Ku

Ku, KU, or Kū may refer to:

## Arts and entertainment

* Ku (fictional language), a constructed language created for the 2005 film The Interpreter
* Esther Ku, a Korean-American comedian
* Shawn Ku, U.S. choreographer and motion picture director
* Kumi Koda, Japanese pop star nicknamed Ku or Kuu
* In an alien language in the movie Kin-dza-dza!, "ku" replaces most conventional words, with its meaning guessed from context
* In the Discworld, Ku or The Lost Continent of Ku is a satirical parody of Atlantis

## Businesses and organizations
### Political

* Kommunistisk Ungdom (Communist Youth), the former name of the Young Left (Sweden)
* Young Conservatives (Denmark) (Konservativ Ungdom), the Young Conservatives (Denmark)
* Konstitutionsutskottet, the Committee on the Constitution (Parliament of Sweden)
* Ku Klux Klan, a white supremacy group in the US

### Universities
#### Africa

* Kampala University in Kampala, Uganda
* Kismayo University in Kismayo, Somalia

#### Japan

* Kyoto University, a national research university
* Kyushu University, a national research university
* Kobe University, a national university
* Kanagawa University, a national university
* Kagoshima University, a national university
* Kagawa University, a national university
* Kumamoto University, a national university
* Kochi University, a national university
* Korea University (Japan), a private university

#### Asia

* Kabul University in Kabul, Afghanistan
* Kakatiya University in India
* Kandahar University in Kandahar, Afghanistan
* Karnavati University in Gujarat, India
* Karunya University in Tamil Nadu, India
* Kathmandu University in Dhulikhel, Nepal
* Khulna University in Khulna, Bangladesh
* Kuvempu University in Karnataka, India
* Konkuk University in South Korea
* Korea University in South Korea
* Karachi University in Pakistan
* Kasetsart University in Thailand
* Kuwait University in Kuwait
* Kashmir University in Kashmir, India.

#### Europe

* Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt (Katholische Universität) in Eichstätt and Ingolstadt, Germany
* Klaipėda University in Klaipėda, Lithuania
* KU Leuven in Belgium
* University of Copenhagen (Københavns Universitet) in Copenhagen, Denmark

#### United States

* Kean University in Union Township, New Jersey
* Keiser University, main campus and headquarters in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
* Kettering University in Flint, Michigan
* Kutztown University of Pennsylvania in Kutztown, Pennsylvania
* University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas or its athletic program, the Kansas Jayhawks

### Other businesses and organizations

* Kentucky Utilities, an American electric utility company based in Lexington, Kentucky
* Kuwait Airways (IATA code)

## Language

* Ku (kana), romanization of the Japanese kana く and ク
* Kurdish language (ISO 639 (alpha-2) code KU)
* Ku (fictional language), fictional language in the 2005 film The Interpreter

## People

* Emperor Ku of ancient China, of Three August Ones and Five Emperors
* Georgia Ku, English singer and songwriter
* Khonds, an aboriginal tribe of India

## Science

* K-U ratio, the ratio between potassium and uranium
* K$_u$ band, a band of microwave radio frequencies in the electromagnetic spectrum
* Ku (protein), a protein involved in DNA repair
* Ku, the proposed chemical symbol for kurchatovium (later named rutherfordium)
* KU, Krebs units, a measure of viscosity of paint

## Other uses

* Wards of Japan (区, ku), a type of city subdivision
* Kū or Kū-ka-ili-moku, the Hawaiian god of politics, agriculture, war and fishing
* Ku, the original name of the Privilege Ibiza nightclub
* Kose-Uuemõisa, Estonia, a village
* Mount Ku, Kazakhstan
* Kindle Unlimited, e-book service from Amazon
* Kū, another form for the Japanese kyū, the number nine, and a term in martial arts