Food technology
4 years- You study
- Food chemistry, Microbiology
- Jobs
- Food quality controller
- Average for the engineering field · Age 25–29
- 11,200SAR
Average monthly pay in the engineering 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 Food technology taught?
Taught at 5 universities: 5 government and 0 private.
Riyadh
- King Saud UniversityGovernment · men
Makkah
- Taif UniversityGovernment
Qassim
- Qassim UniversityGovernment · women
Eastern Province
- King Faisal UniversityGovernment
Asir
- University of BishaGovernment
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 Food technology students learn?
The study of making, preserving and keeping food safe and of good quality.
- Food chemistry
- Microbiology
- Food preservation
- Food safety
In Arabic: تقنية الأغذية
How many years is Food technology?
4 years. Length from the programme page on the university website3; it may differ between universities.
What jobs do Food technology graduates do?
Examples of graduates’ jobs, not a full or ranked list. A job is an occupation; the major is one route to it:
- Food quality controller
- Food safety specialist
- Production supervisor
- Lab technician
Food factories and labs; some run shifts.
- Mixed
- Sometimes shifts
- Sometimes outside the city
- Moderate physical effort
What do Food technology graduates earn?
GASTAT does not publish pay for each major; this is the average for the “Engineering, manufacturing and construction” field among Saudi bachelor’s holders, 2024 (1445–1446 AH)1.
What is unemployment in the engineering field?
Unemployment among Saudi graduates of the field (bachelor’s, all ages)1:
For the whole field, not this major alone. Past measurement, not a forecast.
References
- General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT), Labour Force Survey: Saudi bachelor’s holders in “Engineering, manufacturing and construction”, 2024 (1445–1446 AH).
- Programme pages on university websites, last checked 26 October 2026 (15 Jumada al-Ula 1448 AH).
- Qassim University, Food technology programme page, last checked 24 October 2026 (13 Jumada al-Ula 1448 AH).