British Council

We share a long and close relationship with the Middle East, where we have been working for more than 30 years. The Middle East is a region with visionary leadership, a fast-developing economy and is recognised as a model by other regions. With its young population, the Middle East is developing a new generation of citizens who can benefit from contacts with the UK - and vice versa. The UK and the Middle East, and their respective cultures, are changing and we aim to encourage the kind of contact that will maintain our sense of each other’s culture and also enhance mutual understanding and respect.



Through our Middle East centres we help create awareness of the quality of UK education and connect the local community with UK educational opportunities available in the UK and the Middle East.

In the Middle East our aim is to build mutually beneficial relationships between people in the UK and the Middle East and to increase appreciation of the UK’s ideas and achievements. We do this by providing a range of relevant services and by working with a wide range of individuals and groups within the community:



Education

English language

Exams

Knowledge centres

Our purpose is to build mutually beneficial relationships between people in the UK and other countries and to increase appreciation of the UK’s ideas and achievements. We work in 110 countries and every year we help to create some form of personal contact with the UK for 16 million people around the world.