MCS

MCS may refer to:

Medicine

• Multiple chemical sensitivity, induced chemical intolerance
• Minimally conscious state, a disorder of consciousness
• Motor cortex stimulation, a neurosurgical procedure for neuromodulation in certain painstates or movement-disorders

Computing and telecommunications

• Master of Computer Science, a master degree in Computer Science
• Matrix cable system, submarine communications cable connecting Indonesia to Singapore
• Modulation and coding scheme, used in the telecommunications industry to optimize traffic
• Multi categories security, an access control method used in Security-Enhanced Linux
• Multinational Character Set, a character encoding used in VT220 terminals
• Music Construction Set, a music composition program for 8-bit era computers
• Mission Control System, a software tool to conduct space operations (monitoring and control of spacecraft)

Science

• Membrane contact sites, areas within cells where two organelles are held closely together
• Mercalli-Cancani-Sieberg scale, a historical scale used to assess earthquake intensity scale
• Mesoscale convective system, a complex of thunderstorms
• Multiple cloning site, the region of restriction enzyme sites in a plasmid
• Monte Carlo simulation, a class of mathematic computational algorithms

Companies and organizations

• Marcus Corporation (NYSE: MCS), a company that owns and runs theatres, hotels and resorts
• Marine Conservation Society, a charity based in the UK
• Methodist Church in Singapore
• MCS (formerly Marlboro Classics), an Italian clothing brand

Other uses

• Management control system, a means of evaluating the performance of different organizational resources
• Michigan Central Station, a former rail station depot in Detroit, Michigan, USA
• Millennium Cohort Study, a longitudinal study in the UK
• Motion City Soundtrack, an American rock band

Schools

United Kingdom

• Maesteg Comprehensive School, Maesteg, Wales
• Magdalen College School, Oxford, England
• Merchiston Castle School, Colinton, Edinburgh, Scotland

United States

• Maine Coast Semester, a program run by the Chewonki Foundation in Wiscasset, Maine, US
• Manhattan Country School, Manhattan, New York, US
• Mellon College of Science, at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US
• Miramonte Christian School, Los Altos, California, US
• Milpitas Christian School, San Jose, California, US
• Modesto City Schools , Modesto, California, US

Other schools

• Malahide Community School, Dublin, Ireland
• Malate Catholic School, Manila, Philippines
• Maryknoll Convent School, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong
• Mater Carmeli School, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines
• Melbourne Continuation School, Melbourne, Australia
• Military College of Signals, Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan
• Mount Carmel School, New Delhi, India
• Murree Christian School, Jhika Gali, Punjab, Pakistan