Renewable energy engineering
5 years- You study
- Solar energy, Wind energy
- Jobs
- Solar energy 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 Renewable energy engineering taught?
Taught at 5 universities: 3 government and 2 private.
Riyadh
- Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman UniversityGovernment · women
Qassim
- Onaizah CollegesPrivate
Asir
- King Khalid UniversityGovernment
Tabuk
- Fahad Bin Sultan UniversityPrivate
Hail
- University of HailGovernment
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 Renewable energy engineering students learn?
Studies producing energy from the sun, wind and other renewable sources.
- Solar energy
- Wind energy
- Energy storage
- Electrical systems
In Arabic: هندسة الطاقة المتجددة
How many years is Renewable energy engineering?
5 years. The length may differ between universities depending on the foundation year.
What jobs do Renewable energy 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:
- Solar energy engineer
- Energy engineer
- Operations engineer
- Project engineer
Between office and power plants, some in the desert far from cities.
- Mixed
- Sometimes outside the city
- Moderate physical effort
- Some travel
Professional classification from the Saudi Council of Engineers.
What do Renewable energy 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.
Official decisions and signals
- Target: renewables to make up about half of the electricity mix by 2030. in force since December 2030 (Sha'ban – Ramadan 1452 AH) (announced target)3
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).
- Saudi Vision 2030, 19 June 2026 (4 Muharram 1448 AH).