ARD or Ard may refer to:

Arts and media ARD (broadcaster), the German public broadcaster Das Erste, their main television channel ARD International Music Competition Ard, a character in the 1981 film Heavy Metal

Places Republic of Ireland Ardpatrick, County Limerick Ardpatrick, a townland in County Louth

United Kingdom Ard, Inverness, Scotland Ardgay railway station, Scotland Ardpatrick, Argyll, Scotland Ardpatrick, a townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland

United States Ard, Arkansas Ardmore station (Pennsylvania) (by Amtrak code)

Elsewhere Arad, Iran Alor Island Airport, Indonesia (IATA: ARD)

Politics Alliance for Restoration of Democracy, a Pakistani political movement Democratic Republican Alliance, Alliance Républicaine Démocratique or ARD, a French political party of the Third Republic Republican Alliance for Democracy, an opposition party in Djibouti (Alliance Républicaine pour le Développement) Right Romania Alliance, Alianţa România Dreaptăa, short-lived electoral alliance in Romania

Science and technology Ard., abbreviation in scientific literature for botanist Pietro Arduino Ard (plough), a simple plough Acid rock drainage, the outflow of acidic water from mines Acireductone dioxygenase (iron(II)-requiring), an enzyme Aging-associated disease, diseases of senescence Alcohol-related dementia Antimicrobial Removal Device, Marion Laboratories product Apple Remote Desktop, computer application Auxiliary repair dock, US Navy floating drydock Atmospheric Reentry Demonstrator, ESA spacecraft Analysis-ready data (ARD), a form of pre-processed data

Other uses Ard (name), a name and surname of Scottish origin Army Reconnaissance Detachment 10, a special forces unit of the Swiss Armed Forces Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition, an American pretrial intervention program American Research and Development Corporation, one of the first venture capital firms Ard Patrick (foaled 1899), a horse

See also Ards (disambiguation)