Applied Scholastics (APS) is an organization that promotes and licenses the use of study techniques created by L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of Scientology.

Applied Scholastics, abbreviated "APS", was founded in 1972 by the Church of Scientology in order to disseminate L. Ron Hubbard's learning and teaching methods outside of a religious context.

[6][7][3]: 169 Applied Scholastics was included in the 1993 closing agreement between the IRS and the Church of Scientology, and was classified as a Scientology-related entity, thus granting it non-profit status.

[3]: 171n Scientologist celebrities have been used to promote Applied Scholastics,[3]: 268  including John Travolta, Kelly Preston, Isaac Hayes, Lisa Marie Presley, and Ann Archer.

[3]: 286-7,360 Applied Scholastics has closely managed several service organizations, including: Study Tech is a teaching methodology developed by L. Ron Hubbard.

The Southern California American Civil Liberties Union, however, objected on the basis that the books used many of the terms and concepts that the Church of Scientology uses elsewhere in its Study Tech.

[26] In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Applied Scholastics convinced the principal of Prescott Middle School in Baton Rouge, Louisiana to implement a program of Study Tech.

[16] In October 2005, St. Louis Public Schools superintendent Creg Williams discovered the group's Scientology connections and immediately advised area principals to cease working with Applied Scholastics.

[27] Some parents were upset when Applied Scholastics methods were introduced in September 2008 at Bambolino Montessori Academy, a private school in Toronto.

Georgia education officials then began inspections to ensure Applied Scholastics' policies and teachings were geared toward secular instruction.