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Learn the hard skills of design leadership

Fountain Institute courses give you the practical abilities to get into the boardroom.

Live Workshops UX Design — Learn by doing.
Try out advanced methods in a safe, supportive environment where you will get tons of **templates**, **guidance**, and **feedback**.

Cohort Based Courses UX Design — Get help from a pro.
Our students work in design roles at **senior, lead, and above**, and every course is taught by a lead-level designer.

UX Career Real World Skills — Make career moves.
Use your course project to work on a real challenge for a **lead-level portfolio project** to help you land leadership roles.

Upcoming LIVE Bootcamps

Feb. 16-Mar. 30, 2026

Defining UX Strategy
Learn how to build a UX strategy that aligns design with business.

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Mar. 23-Apr. 30, 2026

Facilitating Workshops
Learn how to design creative working sessions and lead collaborative work.

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"This live course was one of the most valuable investments in my design career."

Ryan Purdy, Lead Product Designer at Vitally
“Great way to up-skill and refresh the way you approach your design career and day-to-day.”

-Nairi Nasrallah, UX Researcher at EGYM
“I really feel that I learnt more in the 6 weeks with Hannah & Jeff than I did during 3 years at University.”

-Hannah Winter, UX Designer at Cambridge University Press
“I prefer your course over NNG ones to be honest. I literally learned stuff.”

-Emre Ozocal, UX/Product Designer at Unique President
“They managed to keep the live classes engaging and fun—even after a long day at work.”

-Maureen Herben, Senior Product Designer at Zalando
“I left the course feeling 100% more confident, with a better overview of the range of possibilities for UX and UXR in my company...”

-Anna Stutter Garcia, Senior Product Designer at Babbel
“The experience of the course itself was quite impressive. It was smooth...not this ‘classroom feeling‘ where the discussion is one-sided.”

Sara Pattacini, Senior Product Designer at Adsquare
“The live workshops weren’t tiresome and I managed to stay energized thanks to Hannah’s great facilitation skills.”

-Aneta Kmiecik, UX Designer at EcoOnline Global
“I especially liked how interactive and hands-on the course was, enabling collaboration and discussions in the class.”

-Jenny Lermander, UX Designer & Researcher at Silberplus
“It's a very valuable class. I already started using what I learned with my PM and designers and the results are awesome!”

-Bassma Hefni, Product Designer at Delivery Hero
“They genuinely care about each and every one of their students and are constantly available for quick individual coaching and jolts of encouragement.”

-Carl-Adam Hellqvist, Co-Founder at Knowly
“This course affirmed for me parts of design that are very important and not taught in traditional design education...”

-Kenji Kaneko, Product Designer
“This course helped me to understand how to see my work process in the big picture.”

Saran Battsengel, UI Designer at Humanoo

Miro •

Babbel •

Delivery Hero •

Issuu •

Zalando •

Cisco •

Nestlé •

Rainforest Alliance •

Astra Zeneca •

Rewe •

Yelp •

Goodnotes •

E.ON •

Vinted •

Porsche Digital •

Blinkist •

Flink •

Maersk •

Miro • Babbel • Delivery Hero • Issuu • Zalando • Cisco • Nestlé • Rainforest Alliance • Astra Zeneca • Rewe • Yelp • Goodnotes • E.ON • Vinted • Porsche Digital • Blinkist • Flink • Maersk •

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The Fountain Institute helps designers become leaders at companies all over the world:

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Accelerate your design career with LIVE classes.

Start doing next-level work

Learn the hard skills of design leadership

Learn by doing.

Get help from a pro.

Make career moves.

Upcoming LIVE Bootcamps

"This live course was one of the most valuable investments in my design career."

“Great way to up-skill and refresh the way you approach your design career and day-to-day.”

“I really feel that I learnt more in the 6 weeks with Hannah & Jeff than I did during 3 years at University.”

“I prefer your course over NNG ones to be honest. I literally learned stuff.”

“They managed to keep the live classes engaging and fun—even after a long day at work.”

“I left the course feeling 100% more confident, with a better overview of the range of possibilities for UX and UXR in my company...”

“The experience of the course itself was quite impressive. It was smooth...not this ‘classroom feeling‘ where the discussion is one-sided.”

“The live workshops weren’t tiresome and I managed to stay energized thanks to Hannah’s great facilitation skills.”

“I especially liked how interactive and hands-on the course was, enabling collaboration and discussions in the class.”

“It's a very valuable class. I already started using what I learned with my PM and designers and the results are awesome!”

“They genuinely care about each and every one of their students and are constantly available for quick individual coaching and jolts of encouragement.”

“This course affirmed for me parts of design that are very important and not taught in traditional design education...”

“This course helped me to understand how to see my work process in the big picture.”

Alumni that design the future