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Nuclear engineering

5 years
You study
Nuclear physics, Reactors
Jobs
Nuclear 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 Nuclear engineering taught?

Taught at 1 university: 1 government and 0 private.

Makkah

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 Nuclear engineering students learn?

Studies nuclear energy and the safe use of radiation in power, medicine and industry.

  • Nuclear physics
  • Reactors
  • Radiation protection
  • Heat transfer

In Arabic: الهندسة النووية

How many years is Nuclear engineering?

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

What jobs do Nuclear 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:

  • Nuclear engineer
  • Radiation safety engineer
  • Operations engineer
  • Researcher

Reactor and research jobs run on shifts; there are few such jobs in the Kingdom.

  • Shifts and nights often
  • Moderate physical effort

Professional classification from the Saudi Council of Engineers.

What do Nuclear 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.

Age 25–2911,200 SAR
Age 35–4419,800 SAR

What is unemployment in the engineering field?

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

  • 20211442–1443 AH5.6%
  • 20221443–1444 AH5.3%
  • 20231444–1445 AH5.0%
  • 20241445–1446 AH4.6%

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

Official decisions and signals

  • The job “Nuclear engineer” is little affected by AI. May 2025 (Dhu al-Qa'dah – Dhu al-Hijjah 1446 AH) (occupation, not major)3

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References

  1. General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT), Labour Force Survey: Saudi bachelor’s holders in “Engineering, manufacturing and construction”, 2024 (1445–1446 AH).
  2. Programme pages on university websites, last checked 26 October 2026 (15 Jumada al-Ula 1448 AH).
  3. International Labour Organization · occupation code 2149, May 2025 (Dhu al-Qa'dah – Dhu al-Hijjah 1446 AH).