Art education

Preparing school art teachers to teach students drawing and crafts.

• Drawing and painting
• Handcrafts
• Art history
• Teaching methods

In Arabic: التربية الفنية

4–5 years. The length may differ between universities depending on the foundation year.

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

• Art teacher
• Art activities coordinator
• Art supervisor
• Arts trainer

You teach in a school by day; posts may be outside the city.

• Sometimes outside the city
• Moderate physical effort

Professional teaching licence from the Education and Training Evaluation Commission.

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

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

• 20211442–1443 AH17.3%
• 20221443–1444 AH15.6%
• 20231444–1445 AH11.4%
• 20241445–1446 AH9.1%

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

• Starting basic salary for a practitioner teacher in government: SAR 7,570 a month. 2024 (1445–1446 AH) (basic, government, first grade)³
• The job “Arts trainer” is only slightly affected by AI. May 2025 (Dhu al-Qa'dah – Dhu al-Hijjah 1446 AH) (occupation, not major)⁴