Apply to our Course - Founders and Coders

Apply to our course

Overview

Our programme is designed for people who are serious about a career in web development, are comfortable with uncertainty, can take initiative, and believe strongly in the value of community and helping others.

What you need to know

Cohort	Expression of interest	Application window	Interview dates	Course dates
Spring 2019	Until 30th November	1st December - 31st December	7th January - 12th January	4th March - 21st June
Summer 2019	January - March	1st April - 30th April	7th May - 11th May	1st July - 18th October
Winter 2019	May - July	1st August - 31st August	9th September - 14th September	28th October - 21st February 2020

Cohort of Spring 2019

Expression of interest

Until 30th November

Application window

1st December - 31st December

Interview dates

7th January - 12th January

Course dates

4th March - 21st June

Expression of interest

Until 30th November

Application window

1st December - 31st December

Interview dates

7th January - 12th January

Course dates

4th March - 21st June

Cohort of Summer 2019

Expression of interest

January - March

Application window

1st April - 30th April

Interview dates

7th May - 11th May

Course dates

1st July - 18th October

Expression of interest

January - March

Application window

1st April - 30th April

Interview dates

7th May - 11th May

Course dates

1st July - 18th October

Cohort of Winter 2019

Expression of interest

May - July

Application window

1st August - 31st August

Interview dates

9th September - 14th September

Course dates

28th October - 21st February 2020

Expression of interest

May - July

Application window

1st August - 31st August

Interview dates

9th September - 14th September

Course dates

28th October - 21st February 2020

Applications close at midnight GMT on the final day of the window.

How do I apply?

Submit your expression of interest and join our online community

Please submit an expression of interest to get invited to events, workshops and meetups for prospective students.

Submit expression of Interest

Introduce yourself in our Gitter room where you can find the most up-to-date information on our programme, meetups, and ask us any questions you may have.

Start work on our course prerequisites

Before we can consider your application, you will need to complete our course prerequisites. We encourage applicants to take as much time as they need to work through the material and to support each other during the preparation process, both online and through our meetups.

Please read our course prerequisites (see section below) carefully before planning when to apply.

Submit an application

Plan to spend about an hour completing the application form.

If you submit your application before the deadline, keep working on the prerequisites and tidying up your website. We will evaluate your progress as of the date the window closes.

The conversational interview

We invite a minimum of 24 people to interview (in person or remotely), and offer places to sixteen people per cohort. You’ll be interviewed by a panel of Founders and Coders staff and alumni.

Applications are currently closed.

How do I apply?

Submit your expression of interest and join our online community

Start work on our course prerequisites

Submit an application

The conversational interview

We invite a minimum of 24 people to interview (in person or remotely), and offer places to sixteen people per cohort. You’ll be interviewed by a panel of Founders and Coders staff and alumni.

Applications are currently closed.

Course prerequisites

Create a Github Account

You will use this account to join Gitter and to create your one-page site on GitHub Pages.

freeCodeCamp

Earn a minimum of 250 points on freeCodeCamp. We recommend beginning with the following sections:

Responsive Web Design Certification

Basic HTML and HTML5
Basic CSS
Responsive Web Design Principles
CSS Flexbox

Javascript Algorithms and Data Structures Certification

Basic JavaScript
ES6
Basic Data Structures
Basic Algorithm Scripting

Create a one-page website

Create a one-page website in HTML and CSS (using some vanilla JavaScript if you’d like) and host it on GitHub Pages. Your commit history should tell a story, and your website must:

Tell us about who you are and why you are applying for the programme
Demonstrate your learning from the prerequisites
Contain a link back to the GitHub repo that contains the code for your site
Contain links to your freeCodeCamp (please make sure that your profile is public) and Codewars pages
Contain a link to challenge 2 (see coding challenge), if you choose that option
Be hosted on Github
Not use a GitHub theme
Not use a framework like Bootstrap or libraries like jQuery

Codewars

Reach 5 kyu and 300 honor points in JavaScript on Codewars.

Coding challenge

Please choose just one of the two challenges below:

Create your own JavaScript kata

Create an image carousel

Join our developer community

London Cohort #14

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Expression of interest

Application window

Interview dates

Course dates

Expression of interest

Application window

Interview dates

Course dates

Expression of interest

Application window

Interview dates

Course dates

Expression of interest

Application window

Interview dates

Course dates

Expression of interest

Application window

Interview dates

Course dates

Expression of interest

Application window

Interview dates

Course dates

Submit your expression of interest and join our online community

Start work on our course prerequisites

Submit an application

The conversational interview

Submit your expression of interest and join our online community

Start work on our course prerequisites

Submit an application

The conversational interview

Create a Github Account

freeCodeCamp

Responsive Web Design Certification

Javascript Algorithms and Data Structures Certification

Create a one-page website

Codewars

Coding challenge

Hire our graduates