CPE may refer to:

Biochemistry

  • Carbapenemase-producing enterobacteriaceae, a "superbug" resistant to antibiotics
  • Carboxypeptidase E, an enzyme involved in the biosynthesis of neuropeptides and peptide hormones
  • Clostridium perfringens enterotoxin, a contributor to food poisoning
  • Cytopathic effect, changes in cells caused by viruses
  • Cytoplasmic polyadenylation element, an RNA sequence
  • Chlorinated polyethylene, a thermoplastic polymer
  • Core promoter element, in DNA, initiating gene transcription

Telecommunications

  • Customer-premises equipment, any equipment which is the property of the network operator and located on the customer premises

Science

  • Carnian pluvial episode/event, a climatic episode and minor extinction-radiation event in the Triassic
  • Carbon paste electrode, a special type of electrodes used in electrochemistry
  • Charged-particle equilibrium
  • Computer engineering
  • Constant phase element of an equivalent electrical circuit

Education

  • Certificate of Primary Education, an academic qualification in Mauritius awarded upon the completion of primary school
  • Certificate of Proficiency in English, a general English exam provided by the University of Cambridge
  • Certified Professional Electrologist, board certification credential for permanent hair removal specialists
  • Clinical pastoral education, training in pastoral care for religious workers
  • Coalition on Psychiatric Emergencies, a coalition of organizations dedicated to improving care for mental health emergencies
  • Common Professional Examination, a course which allows non-law graduates in England and Wales to convert to law after university
  • Continuing professional education, or continuing professional development, is the means by which professionals maintain and develop the qualities required in their working lives
  • École supérieure de chimie physique électronique de Lyon (CPE Lyon), a French engineering school
  • Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education
  • Committee for Private Education, an accreditation body for private schools and tertiary education providers in Singapore

Business

  • Centrally planned economy
  • First Employment Contract (contrat première embauche), a French form of work contract, retracted by the government in Spring 2006
  • Cost Per Enplanement, a term used in commercial aviation regarding airport costs
  • Cost per engagement, an online advertising selling model in which the vendor defines the "engagement" as form of currency or metric

Other uses

  • Chinese Pidgin English, a pidgin language spoken in parts of China in the 17th to 19th centuries.
  • Common Platform Enumeration, a component of the Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP)
  • Creative Power Entertaining, Chinese animation company
  • CPE, IATA airport code for Ing. Alberto Acuña Ongay International Airport in Campeche, Mexico
  • Centristi per l'Europa (Centrists for Europe), an Italian political party
  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714–1788), German Classical period musician and composer
  • Communist Party of Estonia