Materials engineering
5 years- You study
- Metallurgy, Polymers, Materials testing
- Jobs
- Materials engineer, Quality engineer
- 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 Materials engineering taught?
Taught at 2 universities: 2 government and 0 private.
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 Materials engineering students learn?
Studies the properties of materials such as metals, plastics and ceramics, and how they are made and tested.
- Metallurgy
- Polymers
- Materials testing
- Corrosion
In Arabic: هندسة المواد
How many years is Materials engineering?
5 years. The length may differ between universities depending on the foundation year.
What jobs do Materials 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:
- Materials engineer
- Quality engineer
- Inspection engineer
- Researcher
Factories and labs; some run shifts.
- Mixed
- Sometimes shifts
- Sometimes outside the city
- Moderate physical effort
Professional classification from the Saudi Council of Engineers.
What do Materials 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)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).