User experience and product design
4 years- You study
- User research, Interface design
- Jobs
- UX designer, UI designer
- Average for the arts and humanities field · Age 25–29
- 6,300SAR
Average monthly pay in the arts and humanities 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 Web designers: leaning to growth (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 User experience and product design taught?
Taught at 2 universities: 1 government and 1 private.
From university pages, admission guides and the Ministry’s Study in Saudi platform4. Gender is tagged where the university publishes it per programme.
What do User experience and product design students learn?
Design apps, websites and devices so they are easy and comfortable to use.
- User research
- Interface design
- Prototyping
- Usability testing
In Arabic: تصميم تجربة المستخدم والمنتج
How many years is User experience and product design?
4 years. The length may differ between universities depending on the foundation year.
What jobs do User experience and product design graduates do?
Examples of graduates’ jobs, not a full or ranked list. A job is an occupation; the major is one route to it:
- UX designer
- UI designer
- User researcher
- Digital product designer
What do User experience and product design graduates earn?
GASTAT does not publish pay for each major; this is the average for the “Arts and humanities” field among Saudi bachelor’s holders, 2024 (1445–1446 AH)3.
What is unemployment in the arts and humanities 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.
Why is User experience and product design listed?
Example programmes abroad
- University of Melbourne, Bachelor of Design (User Experience Design major)
- Loughborough University, User Centred Design BSc
- DePaul University, BS User Experience Design
- UI and UX designers appear among the 15 fastest-growing jobs to 2030 (1451–1452 AH) in the report.5
References
- US Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment projections for “Web and digital interface designers” (BLS 15-1255), 2025–2035 (1446–1457 AH).
- Employment and Social Development Canada, Canadian Occupational Projection System, “Web designers” (COPS 21233), 2024–2033 (1445–1455 AH).
- General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT), Labour Force Survey: Saudi bachelor’s holders in “Arts and humanities”, 2024 (1445–1446 AH).
- Programme pages on university websites, last checked 26 October 2026 (15 Jumada al-Ula 1448 AH).
- World Economic Forum, Future of Jobs Report, January 2025 (Rajab – Sha'ban 1446 AH).