Orientation

Orientation may refer to:
 * Orientation (mental), a function of the mind
 * Orientation (film), a 1996 short film produced by the Church of Scientology
 * Orientation of churches is the architectural feature of facing ("orienting"), churches towards the east (Latin: oriens)
 * Orientation (housing), the position of a building with respect to the sun, a concept in building design
 * Student orientation, the first week of a university year in several countries
 * Coin orientation and Medallic orientation, a description of the orientation of opposite faces of a coin with respect to one another
 * Sexual orientation, the direction of an individual's sexuality with respect to the sex of the persons the individual finds sexually attractive
 * Map orientation, the relationship between directions on a map and compass directions
 * Orientation (EP), a 2001 album by Sonata Arctica
 * Page orientation, the way in which a rectangular page is oriented for normal viewing

Television

 * "Orientation" (Lost), a 2005 episode of American television series Lost
 * Orientación, an episode of the American television series Prison Break
 * "Orientation" (Heroes), a 2009 episode of American television series Heroes

Mathematics

 * Orientation (computer vision), an image processing concept related to one-dimensional characterization of a local image
 * Orientation (geometry), placement of an object in a rotational coordinate system with respect to a fixed point and a reference position
 * Orientation (vector space), a concept in linear algebra
 * Curve orientation, a property of a planar simple closed curve
 * Orientability, a property of surfaces in Euclidean space measuring whether or not it is possible to make a consistent choice of surface normal vector at every point
 * Orientation character, group homomorphism in surgery theory