Nu

Nu or NU may refer to:

Language

Nazarbayev University, an international research university based in Astana, Kazakhstan
Niagara University, a Roman Catholic university in Niagara County, New York
Northeastern University, an American research university in Boston, Massachusetts
Northwest University (Washington), a private university in Kirkland, Washington
Northwestern University, an American research institution in Evanston, Illinois
Norwich University, a private American military and traditional university in Northfield, Vermont
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Nanjing University, a national university in China
Naresuan University, a public university in Phitsanulok, Thailand
Nile University, a private research university in Egypt
National University (Philippines), a private, non-sectarian university in Manila, Philippines
- NU Bulldogs, the intercollegiate athletic program of the above school
Nkumba University, a private university near Entebbe, Uganda
Nirma University, a private university in Ahmedabad, India
Northern University, Nowshera, a private university in Nowshera, Pakistan

Northern Union (NU), early name of the Rugby Football League
Nunavut (NU), the largest and newest territory in the territories of Canada
Nahdatul Ulama (NU), an Islamic group in Indonesia
Nusselt number (Nu), a dimensionless heat transfer ratio
Poisson's ratio, a dimensionless ratio relating strain on element along one axis to the strain in an orthogonal axis, is symbolized by the Greek letter Nu, ν
Nucellar embryony (Nu+), a form of seed reproduction that occurs in certain plant species
Bhutanese ngultrum (Nu.), Bhutan's official currency
Northeast Utilities, a gas and electric company in the northeastern United States

Nu is a common Burmese name and may refer to:

Nga Nu, a pretender to the Ava throne (1367)
Saya Gyi U Nu, a writer famous during King Bodawpaya's reign (r. 1782–1819)
Me Nu: chief queen of King Bagyidaw (r. 1819–1837)
U Nu: Prime Minister of the Union of Burma (1948–1958; 1960–1962); "U" is a title equivalent to "Mr."

Nu (mythology), the male form of the Egyptian goddess Naunet
Nu (Chrono Trigger), a fictional species from the video game Chrono Trigger
N.U. (film), 1948 documentary film directed by Michelangelo Antonioni
Nu people, a Chinese ethnic group
Nu river or Salween River
Mr. Nu, a fictional character from the novel Hitman: Enemy Within
Nǀu language, a moribund Tuu (Khoisan) language spoken by the Nǁnǂe people in South Africa
NuMachine computer architecture developed at MIT in the late 1970s that included the NuBus
Nu (programming language), an interpreted object-oriented programming language
Nu Gundam, in the anime Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack
Nu, a Yiddish interjection meaning "well?" or "so?"
a Chinese term for crossbow, as in the chu-ko-nu or repeating crossbow