| Acronym | Definition |
|---|
| CEI | Competitive Enterprise Institute |
| CEI | Commission Électorale Indépendante (French: Independent Electoral Commission; Côte d'Ivoire) |
| CEI | Conferenza Episcopale Italiana (Italian bishop conference) |
| CEI | Critical Elements of Information (US FEMA) |
| CEI | Consolidated Edison, Inc. (New York) |
| CEI | Comitato Elettrotecnico Italiano (Italian Electrotechnical Committee) |
| CEI | Comunidad de Estados Independientes (Spanish: Commonwealth of Independent States) |
| CEI | Corporate Equality Index |
| CEI | Common Event Infrastructure (IBM) |
| CEI | Central European Initiative |
| CEI | Commission Électrotechnique Internationale (French: International Electrotechnical Commission; est. 1906; Switzerland) |
| CEI | Converting Enzyme Inhibitor |
| CEI | Civil Engineering Institute (various locations) |
| CEI | Connection Endpoint Identifier |
| CEI | Career Education Institute |
| CEI | Civic Engagement Initiative (various organizations) |
| CEI | Consejo Espirita Internacional (Spanish: International Spiritist Council) |
| CEI | Chip Enable Input |
| CEI | Centro de Estudios Internacionales (Spanish: Center for International Studies; Spain) |
| CEI | Coastal Enterprises, Inc. |
| CEI | Cleveland Electric Illuminating |
| CEI | Creative Economy Initiative (various locations) |
| CEI | Confédération Européenne de l'Immobilier (French: European Confederation of Real Estate Agents; Belgium) |
| CEI | Computational Engineering International |
| CEI | Christian Education Institute (Hawaii) |
| CEI | Coincident Economic Indicator (statistics) |
| CEI | Currency Exchange International (various locations) |
| CEI | Czech Environmental Inspectorate (est. 1991) |
| CEI | Clean Energy Initiative |
| CEI | Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (University of Florida) |
| CEI | Centro de Enriquecimiento de la Inteligencia (Guatemala) |
| CEI | Centre d'Echanges Internationaux (French: International Exchange Center) |
| CEI | Cross Enterprise Integration (software) |
| CEI | Construction Engineering & Inspection |
| CEI | Certified Elevator Inspector (Department of Business and Professional Regulation; Florida) |
| CEI | Comparably Efficient Interconnection |
| CEI | Computer Education Institute |
| CEI | Compliance Evaluation Inspection |
| CEI | Consumer Education Initiative (recycling) |
| CEI | Civilian Employment Information (US DoD) |
| CEI | Chiang Rai, Thailand - Chiang Rai (Airport Code) |
| CEI | Connection Endpoint Identifier (UNI 3.0) |
| CEI | Center for Emerging Issues |
| CEI | Course Evaluation Instrument |
| CEI | Contract End Item |
| CEI | Cochrane Ecological Institute (Canada) |
| CEI | Centre d'Etudes Interaméricaines (French: Interamerican Studies Center; Canada) |
| CEI | Conducted Electromagnetic Interference |
| CEI | Call for Expression of Interest |
| CEI | Computer Ed Institute (various locations) |
| CEI | Council of Engineering Institutions |
| CEI | Critical Employment Indicator (US DoD) |
| CEI | Centre d'Entreprises et d'Innovation (French: Center for Business Innovation; est. 1988) |
| CEI | Coastal Environments Inc |
| CEI | Cholinesterase Inhibitor |
| CEI | Combustion Engineering Inc. |
| CEI | Certified Enterprise Integrator (Society of Manufacturing Engineers certification) |
| CEI | Committee on Environmental Improvement |
| CEI | Certified Electrical Inspector (International Association of Electrical Inspectors) |
| CEI | Configuration End Item (NASA) |
| CEI | Comparatively Efficient Interconnection |
| CEI | Communications & Entertainment Inc. (Atlanta, GA) |
| CEI | Collège d'Enseignement en Immobilier (French: College of Education in Real Estate; Quebec, Canada) |
| CEI | Centennial Energy Institute (Centennial College, Toronto, Canada) |
| CEI | Centre for Environmental Information (Russia) |
| CEI | Cognition, Éducation, Interactions (French: Cognition, Education, Interaction; Université de Nantes; Nantes, France) |
| CEI | Collège d'Etudes Internationales (French: College of International Studies; Université Paris-Sud; Orsay, France) |
| CEI | Chemistry Education International |
| CEI | Chauffage Électrique Intégré (French: Integrated Electric Heating) |
| CEI | California Electrical Inspectors |
| CEI | Commodity Exchange, Inc. |
| CEI | Committee on Environmental Issues |
| CEI | Contrôle de l'Environnement Industriel (French: Control of Industrial Environment; professional certification) |
| CEI | Connected Element Interferometry |
| CEI | Competitive Edge, Inc. (Peachtree City, GA) |
| CEI | Cablage Electronique Informatique (French: Computer Cables Electronics; Bondoufle, France) |
| CEI | Capital Equipment Inventory |
| CEI | Communications Electronics Intelligence |
| CEI | Construction Equipment Institute |
| CEI | COMINT/ELINT Integration |
| CEI | Communications Electronics Instruction |
| CEI | Comprehensive Emissions Inventory |
| CEI | Commission Économique Interministérielle (French: Interministerial Economic Commission; Belgium) |
| CEI | Canadian External Interface |
| CEI | Communications Electronics Installation |
| CEI | Configured End Item |
| CEI | Critical Equipment Indicator |
| CEI | Corporación Eléctrica Industrial (Spanish, Guatemala) |
| CEI | Construction/Environmental Issues Committee (Oregon) |
| CEI | Conseil des Étudiants de l'Institut (French: Student Council of the Institute; Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles; Gif-sur-Yvette, France) |
| CEI | Collectieve Energie Inkoop (Dutch: Collective Purchasing Power) |
| CEI | College Equality Index (cultural climate index) |