A strip footing of width B resting on the horizontal side of the c-ϕ soil slope has been analyzed, and the combined bearing capacity factor (Ncγ) has been determined considering the Mohr–Coulomb failure criteria. The present study conducted Finite Element Limit Analysis (FELA) on strip footing by incorporating both lower and upper bound theorems. The effect of cohesion (c), angle of internal friction (ϕ), edge distance (e/B) and slope angle (β) on Ncγ, when a strip footing placed on horizontal side of slope are studied and failure patterns are also investigated. The study shows that Ncγ increases with an increase in cohesion, angle of internal friction and edge distance but vice versa in the case of slope angle, where Ncγ decreases with an increase in slope angle. Extensive numerical analysis has been conducted on Ncγ in order to determine the relative importance of various input parameters. To aid design engineers in determining the bearing capacity factor of strip footing, design charts and reduction coefficient tables are developed based on an evaluation of the influence of several parameters and geometrical features.