Diagnostic Radiology residency in Saudi Arabia
Reading and performing medical imaging to find disease and guide treatment.
Lowest accepted score 2026 (median): 65.7%. Training length: 4 years.
Rotations during residency
- Body CT
- Neuroradiology
- Ultrasound
- Chest imaging
- Musculoskeletal imaging
- Nuclear medicine and PET
- Pediatric imaging
- Breast imaging
- Body MRI
- Fluoroscopy and plain films
- Emergency radiology
- Interventional radiology
- Cardiac imaging
- Core skills
- Research and quality improvement
- Elective
Schedule overview
- Year 1: Core skills, fluoroscopy and plain films, ultrasound, emergency radiology
- Year 2 to 3: Body CT, chest, musculoskeletal, neuroradiology, breast, pediatric
- Year 4: Body MRI, nuclear medicine and PET, interventional, cardiac, research, electives
Most common encounters
- Trauma CT scans
- Stroke imaging
- Chest X-rays
- CT for abdominal pain
- Cancer staging scans
- Pregnancy and pelvic ultrasound
- Fractures
- Mammography
- Pediatric imaging
- Follow-up scans for chronic disease
Most common procedures
- Ultrasound-guided biopsy
- CT-guided biopsy
- Fluoroscopic studies (such as barium and HSG)
- Image-guided drainage
- Angiography (interventional)
- Reporting studies
Fellowships after residency
- Neuroradiology (2 to 3 years)
- Interventional radiology (2 to 3 years)
- Musculoskeletal (2 to 3 years)
- Body imaging (2 to 3 years)
- Breast imaging (2 to 3 years)
- Pediatric radiology (2 to 3 years)
- Nuclear medicine (2 to 3 years)
- Cardiac imaging (2 to 3 years)
Lowest accepted score by city
- Mecca: 2026 55.6%, 2025 72.3%
- Riyadh: 2026 56.0%, 2025 72.3%
- Medina: 2026 58.7%, 2025 69.7%
- Taif: 2026 61.9%, 2025 69.3%
- Jeddah: 2026 63.3%, 2025 73.7%
- Dhahran: 2026 64.7%, 2025 72.8%
- Jazan: 2026 65.3%, 2025 72.0%
- Alahsa: 2026 65.7%, 2025 71.9%
- Najran: 2026 68.6%, 2025 65.7%
- Dammam: 2026 70.4%, 2025 79.3%
- Buraidah: 2026 70.5%, 2025 78.9%
- Khamis Mushait: 2026 74.3%, 2025 75.8%
- Abha: 2026 75.9%, 2025 75.5%
- Hail: 2026 79.8%, 2025 70.3%
- Khobar: 2026 79.8%, 2025 76.5%
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