Fashion design
4–5 years- You study
- Fashion sketching
- Jobs
- Fashion designer, Pattern maker
- 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)3; many earn less. Pay in a first job is usually lower.
Forecasts published in other countries for the occupation Theatre, fashion, exhibit and other creative designers: roughly stable (US Bureau of Labor Statistics, August 2026 (Safar – Rabi' al-Awwal 1448 AH); Employment and Social Development Canada, June 2025 · Dhu al-Hijjah 1446 – Muharram 1447 AH)1,2. They are not a forecast for the Saudi market, nor by DataPulse.
Where is Fashion design taught?
Taught at 10 universities: 10 government and 0 private.
Riyadh
- Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman UniversityGovernment · women
Makkah
- King Abdulaziz UniversityGovernment · women
- Taif UniversityGovernment
- Umm Al-Qura UniversityGovernment · women
- University of JeddahGovernment · women
Madinah
- Taibah UniversityGovernment · women
Qassim
- Qassim UniversityGovernment · women
Asir
- University of BishaGovernment
Tabuk
- University of TabukGovernment
Al-Baha
- Al-Baha UniversityGovernment
From university pages, admission guides and the Ministry’s Study in Saudi platform4. Gender is tagged where the university publishes it per programme.
Compare with…
A side-by-side view, not a judgement that one major is better. Figures are for the broad field, so two majors in one field share the same figures. Figures: bachelor’s, both sexes, 2024 (1445–1446 AH)35
| Fashion design | Interior design | Visual and fine arts |
|---|---|---|
| Field in the survey | ||
| Arts and humanities | Arts and humanities | Arts and humanities |
| Length of study | ||
| 4–5 years | 4–5 years | 4–5 years |
| Taught at | ||
| 10 universities | 24 universities | 9 universities |
| Men | ||
| Not found offered | Offered | Offered |
| Women | ||
| Offered | Offered | Offered |
| Holders of the field working | ||
| 88.5% | 88.5% | 88.5% |
| Unemployment in the field | ||
| 11.5% | 11.5% | 11.5% |
| Average wage in the field (SAR) | ||
| 10,319 | 10,319 | 10,319 |
| An occupation of its graduates and generative AI | ||
| minimal exposure | minimal exposure | not exposed |
Availability for men and women from university pages and the Ministry’s programmes platform; last checked 24 October 2026 (13 Jumada al-Ula 1448 AH).
What do Fashion design students learn?
Designing clothes and fabrics from the first idea to the finished piece.
- Fashion sketching
- Pattern making and sewing
- Fabrics and textiles
- Fashion history
In Arabic: تصميم الأزياء
How many years is Fashion design?
4–5 years. The length may differ between universities depending on the foundation year.
What jobs do Fashion design graduates do?
Examples of graduates’ jobs, not a full or ranked list. A job is an occupation; the major is one route to it:
- Fashion designer
- Pattern maker
- Fashion stylist
- Garment production supervisor
Workshop or office work, with shows and trips now and then.
- Some travel
What do Fashion design 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)3.
What is unemployment in the arts and humanities field?
Unemployment among Saudi graduates of the field (bachelor’s, all ages)3:
For the whole field, not this major alone. Past measurement, not a forecast.
Official decisions and signals
- The job “Fashion designer” is only slightly affected by AI. May 2025 (Dhu al-Qa'dah – Dhu al-Hijjah 1446 AH) (occupation, not major)6
References
- US Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment projections for “Fashion designers” (BLS 27-1022), 2025–2035 (1446–1457 AH).
- Employment and Social Development Canada, Canadian Occupational Projection System, “Theatre, fashion, exhibit and other creative designers” (COPS 53123), 2024–2033 (1445–1455 AH).
- General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT), Labour Force Survey: Saudi bachelor’s holders in “Arts and humanities”, 2024 (1445–1446 AH).
- Programme pages on university websites, last checked 26 October 2026 (15 Jumada al-Ula 1448 AH).
- International Labour Organization, global index of occupational exposure to generative AI, May 2025 (Dhu al-Qa'dah – Dhu al-Hijjah 1446 AH).
- International Labour Organization · occupation code 2163, May 2025 (Dhu al-Qa'dah – Dhu al-Hijjah 1446 AH).