Study area · Technology
Full-Stack Software Engineering
Building a working web application end to end: interface, server, database, tests, and deployment, with the working habits a small development team expects on the first day.
This programme sits inside Technology, one of the four study areas in the wider Programmes catalogue.
- FSE
- Certificate
- Kendahouse, Nairobi
What the training covers.
Every session runs as a workshop, not a lecture. You practise the routines of the job until they are second nature, with instructors who have done them for a living.
Apply via Student Applicant- 01 Interfaces that work on a phone and on a desktop
- 02 Relational database design and the queries that expose a slow schema
- 03 Server code: routing, validation, authentication, and error handling
- 04 Tests that catch real regressions rather than padding a count
- 05 Deploying and debugging an application other people depend on
- 06 Reading and improving existing code instead of rewriting it
Programme facts
- Award
- Certificate
- Apply through
- Student Applicant
- Kiflaps programmes
- 40
- Fee
- With admissions
Dates, fees, and instalment options are confirmed with admissions. Nothing is quoted until you ask, and applications close four weeks before each intake starts.
The work it prepares you for.
The training aims at front-line roles like these across the industry.
- Junior full-stack developer
- Front-end developer taking on server work
- Back-end developer owning an interface
- Software developer in a small product team
Who it suits.
Applicants who can write some code and want the whole path to production. Suits career changers and junior developers filling gaps.
Pair it with a language
Pairs with Introduction to DevOps, because shipping your own application end to end is the same job as the pipeline that deploys it.
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ABI Applied Business Intelligence Turning the numbers an organisation already holds into a report a manager can act on before the next month closes. Explore -
CDE Cloud and DevOps Engineering The release habits taken further: infrastructure described in code, monitored services, and the incident routines that keep a system honest when real traffic arrives. Explore -
CYB Cybersecurity Essentials The defensive baseline: how systems get taken over, how to notice, and what a small team with nobody dedicated to security should do first. Explore -
DAN Data Analytics with Excel and Power BI Turning routine reports into something people read: clean tables, dashboards that answer one question each, and the data modelling that backs them up. Explore -
DPP Data Protection Practice Handling other people's information with care: what records to keep, how consent works, what to do when something leaks, and how to write a policy people can follow. Explore -
DSP Data Science with Python The route from a raw file to a defensible answer: cleaning, exploring, modelling, and then explaining the result to people who never ran the code. Explore -
DMA Digital Marketing with AI Using AI for the parts it is good at, briefs, analytics and copy variants, while keeping the strategy and the judgment with people. Explore -
GAI Generative AI Essentials A working understanding of generative models without the hype: what they can do, where they fail, and how to check their work. Explore -
IDS Introduction to Data Science The first step for applicants who work with numbers but not code: spreadsheets first, then Python, then the questions data can and cannot answer. Explore -
DOV Introduction to DevOps A first look at how software reaches the people who use it: version control, build and release habits, basic automation, and the shared vocabulary that development and operations teams use when something breaks. Explore -
MRE Marine Engineering Shipboard technical training for applicants heading to sea: main engine and auxiliary systems, workshop practice, safety drills, and the maritime English used on deck and in the engine room. Explore -
HSB School Leavers Tech Bootcamp A holiday programme for students who have finished secondary school: a first look at programming, building a small project, and deciding what to study next. Explore
Start your application
Full programmes go through the Student Applicant form. Short programmes and online-only study enrol in the LMS.
Questions by phone: +254 714 772 289
Questions about Full-Stack Software Engineering? Call +254 714 772 289 or message admissions.