The British Alumni Club was set up by British Council Russia and the British Embassy in 1998 as an exclusive networking forum for Russian professionals who had held a UK scholarship, undergraduate or post-graduate study programme or undertaken professional training in the UK.

The idea of an alumni was raised by the Duke of Kent at a reception for departing Chevening scholars in September 1997, and was immediately taken up by the British Embassy and the British Council. The official inauguration of the British Alumni Club was held in the British Embassy in June 1998. Since then the British Council and the Embassy have been committed to the BAC and to all its activities. For the last ten years the BAC has been a focal point for professional links between Russia and Britain.

BAC members are dynamic, highly educated professionals working in many different fields: politics, government, commerce, journalism, public relations, science, medicine, professional services and the arts.

The British Alumni Club creates numerous opportunities for effective and proactive networking among its members. The British Embassy and the British Council provide the space for interaction between the BAC's unique members through regular events and functions with external contacts, and with British representatives as well.

The main information source which unites Club members is the www.bclub.ru web-site. We have also recently set up an official BAC’s group on Facebook .