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Applied linguistics

4 years
You study
Linguistics, Second language learning
Jobs
Language teacher, Language researcher
Average for the arts and humanities field · Age 25–29
6,300SAR

Average monthly pay in the arts and humanities field for Saudi bachelor’s holders, GASTAT Labour Force Survey 2024 (1445–1446 AH)1; many earn less. Pay in a first job is usually lower.

Where is Applied linguistics taught?

Taught at 2 universities: 1 government and 1 private.

Riyadh

From university pages, admission guides and the Ministry’s Study in Saudi platform2. Gender is tagged where the university publishes it per programme.

What do Applied linguistics students learn?

Study of how language works and how it is learned, taught, and used in daily life.

  • Linguistics
  • Second language learning
  • Phonetics
  • Discourse analysis

In Arabic: اللغويات التطبيقية

How many years is Applied linguistics?

4 years. Length from the programme page on the university website3; it may differ between universities.

What jobs do Applied linguistics graduates do?

Examples of graduates’ jobs, not a full or ranked list. A job is an occupation; the major is one route to it:

  • Language teacher
  • Language researcher
  • Content editor
  • Language curriculum developer

Teaching, research and language software, by day.

What do Applied linguistics graduates earn?

GASTAT does not publish pay for each major; this is the average for the “Arts and humanities” field among Saudi bachelor’s holders, 2024 (1445–1446 AH)1.

Age 25–296,300 SAR
Age 35–4411,200 SAR

What is unemployment in the arts and humanities field?

Unemployment among Saudi graduates of the field (bachelor’s, all ages)1:

  • 20211442–1443 AH19.9%
  • 20221443–1444 AH16.3%
  • 20231444–1445 AH13.9%
  • 20241445–1446 AH11.5%

For the whole field, not this major alone. Past measurement, not a forecast.

Official decisions and signals

  • The job “Language researcher” is strongly affected by AI (3 of 4). May 2025 (Dhu al-Qa'dah – Dhu al-Hijjah 1446 AH) (occupation, not major)4

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References

  1. General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT), Labour Force Survey: Saudi bachelor’s holders in “Arts and humanities”, 2024 (1445–1446 AH).
  2. Programme pages on university websites, last checked 26 October 2026 (15 Jumada al-Ula 1448 AH).
  3. Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Applied linguistics programme page, last checked 24 October 2026 (13 Jumada al-Ula 1448 AH).
  4. International Labour Organization · occupation code 2643, May 2025 (Dhu al-Qa'dah – Dhu al-Hijjah 1446 AH).