# ASC

ASC may refer to:

## Educational institutions

* Anglican Schools Commission, Australia
* Andres Soriano Colleges of Bislig, located in Surigao del Sur, Philippines
* Agnes Scott College, Decatur, Georgia
* Alfred State College, Alfred, New York

## Organizations
### Australia

* Australian Securities Commission, now Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC)
* Australian Singing Competition
* Australian Sports Commission
* ASC Pty Ltd (former Australian Submarine Corporation), a naval shipbuilder
* ASC Shipbuilding established by ASC Pty Ltd but now a subsidiary of BAE Systems Australia

### Canada

* Advertising Standards Canada
* Agence spatiale canadienne, the Canadian Space Agency
* Alberta Securities Commission
* Association des Scouts du Canada

### United Kingdom

* Amalgamated Society of Core Makers of Great Britain and Ireland, former trade union
* Army Service Corps, the name of the Royal Army Service Corps between 1870 and 1918
* Association of Speakers Clubs, a group of public speaking clubs

### United States

* Accounting Standards Codification, an official publication of financial accounting standards known as Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
* Accredited Standards Committee, an organizational division of the American National Standards Institute
** ASC X9, responsible for standards for the financial services industry
** ASC X12, responsible for standards for business-to-business electronic data interchange
* Aeronautical Systems Center, inactivated Air Force product center
* Airflow Sciences Corporation, an engineering consulting company in Livonia, Michigan
* American Shakespeare Center, a theatre company in Staunton, Virginia
* American Signal Corporation, a Tornado Siren company founded in 1942
* American Society for Cybernetics, an American non-profit scholastic organization
* American Society of Cinematographers, members use postnominal letters ASC
* American Society of Criminology
* American Society of Cytopathology
* American Softworks Corporation (ASC Games, 1992–2000), a former video game publishing company
* American Southwest Conference, an athletic conference
* American Specialty Cars, an automobile parts manufacturer

### International

* Adorers of the Blood of Christ
* Aquaculture Stewardship Council, non-profit organisation and ecolabel
* Anti-Spyware Coalition, against computer spyware
* Asian Socialist Conference

### Elsewhere

* Indian Army Service Corps, India
* Afrika-Studiecentrum Leiden (African Studies Centre), Netherlands
* Army Service Corps, a unit of the Pakistan Army
* Aviation Safety Council (now the Taiwan Transportation Safety Board), Taiwan
* Assets Scrutiny Committee, former government agency

## Science and technology

* Abstract simplicial complex
* Apoptosis-associated speck-like protein containing a CARD, a protein encoded by the PYCARD gene
* Application Session Controller, an element of a telecommunications network
* Arnhem Space Centre, a spaceport in northern Australia
* Autism spectrum condition, a form of neurodivergence

### Automotive

* Active Stability Control, Mitsubishi Electronic Stability Control system
* Automatic Stability Control, BMW traction control system, used in motorcycles such as BMW R1200RT

### Computing

* Additional Sense Code, extension to a Key Code Qualifier error-code returned by a SCSI device
* .asc, computer filename extension used for some ASCII text files, and Server-Side ActionScript
* Asynchronous serial communication
* Asynchronous serial controller, alternate name for universal asynchronous receiver/transmitter
* Australia Singapore Cable, submarine telecommunications cable
* TI Advanced Scientific Computer, 1966 supercomputer architecture

## Other uses

* Admiralty Sailing Craft, a UK sailing dinghy
* After School Club, South Korean TV show
* Al Ahly SC, a sports club based in Cairo, Egypt
* Altered state of consciousness
* Ambulatory surgery center, a type of healthcare facility
* American Solar Challenge, solar car race
* American Song Contest, an American music competition
* Ashchurch for Tewkesbury railway station (UK National Rail code)
* Asian Science Camp
* ASC (musician), a musician producing electronic music