Veterinary medicine
5 years- You study
- Anatomy, Pharmacology, Infectious diseases
- Jobs
- Veterinarian, Animal health inspector
- Average for the agriculture field · Age 25–29
- Sample too small
For the agriculture field in the Labour Force Survey3.
Forecasts published in other countries for the occupation Veterinarians: 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 Veterinary medicine taught?
Taught at 2 universities: 2 government and 0 private.
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
| Veterinary medicine | Animal production | Agricultural engineering |
|---|---|---|
| Field in the survey | ||
| Agriculture and veterinary | Agriculture and veterinary | Agriculture and veterinary |
| Length of study | ||
| 5 years | 4–5 years | 4–5 years |
| Taught at | ||
| 2 universities | 3 universities | 1 university |
| Men | ||
| Offered | Offered | Offered |
| Women | ||
| Not confirmed | Not confirmed | Not confirmed |
| Holders of the field working | ||
| Sample too small | Sample too small | Sample too small |
| Unemployment in the field | ||
| Sample too small | Sample too small | Sample too small |
| Average wage in the field (SAR) | ||
| Sample too small | Sample too small | Sample too small |
| An occupation of its graduates and generative AI | ||
| — | not exposed | not exposed |
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 Veterinary medicine students learn?
Caring for animal health: diagnosing, treating and preventing animal diseases.
- Anatomy
- Pharmacology
- Infectious diseases
- Veterinary surgery
In Arabic: الطب البيطري
How many years is Veterinary medicine?
5 years. The length may differ between universities depending on the foundation year.
What jobs do Veterinary medicine graduates do?
Examples of graduates’ jobs, not a full or ranked list. A job is an occupation; the major is one route to it:
- Veterinarian
- Animal health inspector
- Farm veterinarian
- Researcher
Clinic and farm work with animals; standing, and sometimes being called in.
- Mixed
- Sometimes shifts
- Sometimes outside the city
- High physical effort
Practitioner licence from the Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture.
What do Veterinary medicine graduates earn?
GASTAT does not publish pay for each major; this is the average for the “Agriculture and veterinary” field among Saudi bachelor’s holders, 2024 (1445–1446 AH)3.
Official decisions and signals
- The job “Veterinarian” is little affected by AI. May 2025 (Dhu al-Qa'dah – Dhu al-Hijjah 1446 AH) (occupation, not major)6
References
- US Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment projections for “Veterinarians” (BLS 29-1131), 2025–2035 (1446–1457 AH).
- Employment and Social Development Canada, Canadian Occupational Projection System, “Veterinarians” (COPS 31103), 2024–2033 (1445–1455 AH).
- General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT), Labour Force Survey: Saudi bachelor’s holders in “Agriculture and veterinary”, 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).
- International Labour Organization · occupation code 2250, May 2025 (Dhu al-Qa'dah – Dhu al-Hijjah 1446 AH).