The British Council

We are the United Kingdom's international organisation for educational opportunities and cultural relations. The British Council is incorporated by Royal Charter (PDF 192KB). We are an executive non-departmental public body, a public corporation (in accounting terms) and a charity.

For more than 70 years the British Council has been building strong cultural relations with other countries, exchanging knowledge and ideas and providing educational opportunities. Our programmes reach over 112 million people a year in the UK and in 110 other countries and territories.