IAU
The abbreviation IAU stands for:
- International Astronomical Union (founded 1919)
- International Association of Universities (since 1950), an educational network affiliated to UNESCO
- Institut d'aménagement et d'urbanisme de la région de l'Île-de-France (since 2008 IAU Île-de-France), agency for urban development in the Île-de-France
- International Association of Ultrarunners (since 1984), the international ultramarathon association
- Internationale Armbrustschützen Union , English International Crossbow-shooting Union (since 1956)
- Iaura , an airport in the Central Province in Papua New Guinea under the IATA airport code
- Islamic American University , in Southfield, Michigan
- Istanbul Arel Universitesi