National Council may refer to:
Conservation
National Council for Science and the Environment, a US-based non-profit organization which has a mission to improve the scientific basis for environmental decision-making
National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens, former name of Plant Heritage, a British registered charity
Economics
National Competitiveness Council, an independent policy advisory body in the Republic of Ireland
National Council of Welfare, a Canadian citizens' body
National Council on Economic Education, a nationwide non-profit organization that leads in promoting economic and financial literacy
National Economic Development Council, a corporatist economic planning forum set up in the 1962 in the United Kingdom to bring together management, trades unions and government in an attempt to address Britain's relative economic decline
Education
Kenya National Examinations Council, the national body responsible for overseeing national examination in Kenya
National Assessment and Accreditation Council, an autonomous body funded by University Grants Commission of Government of India based in Bangalore
National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education, a council of educators created to ensure and raise the quality of preparation for their profession
National Council of Educational Research and Training, Indian governmental organization for school textbooks
National Council for the Social Studies, a US-based association devoted to supporting social studies education
National Council for the Training of Journalists, an organisation that oversees the training of journalists for the newspaper industry in the United Kingdom
National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying, a national non-profit organization composed of engineering and land surveying licensing boards representing all U.S. states and territories
National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts, the most influential organization in the United States promoting ceramics as an art form
National Council on Educational Reform, a governmental organization in Japan
National Council for Teacher Education, a governmental organization in India
National Council on Teacher Quality, a Washington D.C.–based think tank that advocates for tougher teacher evaluations
Politics
Estonian National Council, one of the oldest and largest Estonian central organisations in Sweden
Jewish National Council, executive body of the Jewish community in Mandatory Palestine
National Advisory Council (NAC) of India, an advisory body set up, during the First and Second Manmohan Singh ministries to monitor the implementation of the United Progressive Alliance government's manifesto
National Councils, local government institutions of the Polish People's Republic from 1952 to 1990
National Council of Administration, a former executive body in Uruguay (1919–1933)
National Council of La Raza, a non-profit, non-partisan political advocacy group in the United States, now known as UnidosUS
National Council of Resistance of Iran, an Iranian exile organisation
National Council of the Union of Burma, a liberal resistance organisation in Myanmar
National Council of Women's Organizations, an American non-profit political organization headed by Martha Burk
National Council of American–Soviet Friendship, the successor organisation to the National Council on Soviet Relations
National Electoral Council (Venezuela), the institution in charge of all electoral processes that take place in Venezuela
National Operations Council, an emergency administrative body which attempted to restore law and order in Malaysia after the May 13 Incident in 1969
National Peace Keeping Council, a Thai military junta that overthrew the civilian elected government of Chatichai Choonhavan in 1991
National Council (Vichy Government)
Political parties
Assam Jatiya Parishad (lit. 'Assam National Council'), a political party in Assam, India
Codava National Council, a political party in the Indian state of Karnataka
Garo National Council, a political party in Meghalaya, India
Iraqi National Dialogue Council, a Sunni Arab political party initially established as an umbrella organization of approximately 10 smaller Sunni parties to take part in the 2005 Iraqi Constitution drafting process
National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons, a Nigerian political party from 1944 to 1966
National Council for the Defense of Democracy, a former ethnic Hutu rebel group that now functions as a political party in Burundi
National Council for the Defense of Democracy – Forces for the Defense of Democracy, another former rebel group and current political party in Burundi
National Council of Venezuelan Indians, a political party in Venezuela
United African National Council, a party led by Abel Muzorewa
Legislative bodies
Federal National Council, the legislature of the United Arab Emirates
National Council, the second chamber of the National Assembly of Estonia from 1938 to 1940
National Council (Austria), one of the two houses of the Austrian parliament
National Council (Bhutan), the upper chamber of the parliament of the Kingdom of Bhutan
National Council (Greece), short-lived legislative body convened by the National Liberation Front in Greece in May 1944
Czech National Council
National Council (East Timor), a deliberative body in United Nations Administered East Timor
National Council (Monaco), the parliament of the Principality of Monaco
National Council (Namibia), the upper chamber of the country's bicameral Parliament
National Council (Nepal), a national legislature
National Council of Provinces, the upper house of the Parliament of South Africa under the constitution which came into full effect in 1997
National Council (Switzerland), the large Chamber of the parliament
National Council (Slovakia), the parliament of Slovakia since 1 October 1992