Marine engineering
5 years- You study
- Ship design, Marine engines
- Jobs
- Marine engineer, Naval architect
- 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)3; many earn less. Pay in a first job is usually lower.
Forecasts published in other countries for the occupation Other professional engineers: 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 Marine engineering taught?
Taught at 2 universities: 2 government and 0 private.
Makkah
- King Abdulaziz UniversityGovernment
Eastern Province
- Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal 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
| Marine engineering | Aerospace engineering | Chemical engineering |
|---|---|---|
| Field in the survey | ||
| Engineering, manufacturing and construction | Engineering, manufacturing and construction | Engineering, manufacturing and construction |
| Length of study | ||
| 5 years | 5 years | 5 years |
| Taught at | ||
| 2 universities | 3 universities | 19 universities |
| Men | ||
| Offered | Offered | Offered |
| Women | ||
| Offered | Offered | Offered |
| Holders of the field working | ||
| 95.4% | 95.4% | 95.4% |
| Unemployment in the field | ||
| 4.6% | 4.6% | 4.6% |
| Average wage in the field (SAR) | ||
| 16,042 | 16,042 | 16,042 |
| An occupation of its graduates and generative AI | ||
| not exposed | not exposed | minimal exposure |
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 Marine engineering students learn?
Studies the design, operation and upkeep of ships and offshore structures.
- Ship design
- Marine engines
- Marine systems
- Ports
In Arabic: الهندسة البحرية
How many years is Marine engineering?
5 years. The length may differ between universities depending on the foundation year.
What jobs do Marine engineering graduates do?
Examples of graduates’ jobs, not a full or ranked list. A job is an occupation; the major is one route to it:
- Marine engineer
- Naval architect
- Port engineer
- Maintenance engineer
Work on ships and sea platforms, weeks on then leave, away from land.
- Field
- Shifts and nights often
- Often remote or far from cities
- High physical effort
- Lots of travel
Professional classification from the Saudi Council of Engineers.
What do Marine engineering 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)3.
What is unemployment in the engineering 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
References
- US Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment projections for “Marine engineers and naval architects” (BLS 17-2121), 2025–2035 (1446–1457 AH).
- Employment and Social Development Canada, Canadian Occupational Projection System, “Other professional engineers” (COPS 21399), 2024–2033 (1445–1455 AH).
- 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).
- International Labour Organization, global index of occupational exposure to generative AI, May 2025 (Dhu al-Qa'dah – Dhu al-Hijjah 1446 AH).
- Ministry of Human Resources, 31 December 2025 (11 Rajab 1447 AH).
- International Labour Organization · occupation code 2149, May 2025 (Dhu al-Qa'dah – Dhu al-Hijjah 1446 AH).