Pediatrics residency in Saudi Arabia
Care for babies, children and teenagers, in clinic and in hospital.
Lowest accepted score 2026 (median): 60.2%. Training length: 4 years.
Rotations during residency
- General pediatrics (ward, junior and senior)
- Ambulatory and community pediatrics
- Neonatal intensive care (NICU)
- Pediatric intensive care (PICU)
- Pediatric emergency medicine
- Developmental pediatrics
- Anesthesia
- Subspecialty blocks: cardiology, endocrinology, GI, hematology/oncology, infectious diseases, nephrology, neurology, pulmonology, rheumatology, genetics and metabolic, allergy and immunology
- Research and communication skills
Schedule overview
- Every year: 4-week blocks across general pediatrics, ambulatory, NICU, PICU, pediatric emergency, developmental and subspecialties
- Year 3 to 4: 8 weeks of electives, more senior ward and subspecialty responsibility
Most common encounters
- Bronchiolitis and asthma
- Gastroenteritis and dehydration
- Fever in infants and children
- Neonatal jaundice
- Pneumonia and urinary tract infection
- Growth and development concerns
- Vaccination and well-child visits
- Sickle cell crises
- Seizures and febrile convulsions
- Type 1 diabetes
Most common procedures
- IV and intraosseous access
- Lumbar puncture
- Newborn resuscitation
- Endotracheal intubation
- Umbilical line placement
- Urinary catheterisation
- Chest tube insertion
- Procedural sedation
Fellowships after residency
- Neonatology (3 years)
- Pediatric cardiology (3 years)
- Pediatric endocrinology (3 years)
- Pediatric GI (3 years)
- Hematology and oncology (3 years)
- Nephrology (2 to 3 years)
- Pulmonology (2 to 3 years)
- Pediatric critical care (3 years)
- Infectious diseases (2 to 3 years)
- Genetics (2 to 3 years)
Lowest accepted score by city
- Abha: 2026 51.0%, 2025 66.4%
- Khobar: 2026 55.7%, 2025 77.0%
- Jeddah: 2026 56.7%, 2025 70.0%
- Mecca: 2026 57.3%, 2025 53.6%
- Alahsa: 2026 57.6%, 2025 58.6%
- Riyadh: 2026 58.0%, 2025 57.2%
- Dhahran: 2026 58.4%, 2025 60.6%
- Khamis Mushait: 2026 58.6%, 2025 56.8%
- Dammam: 2026 59.0%, 2025 66.4%
- Yanbu: 2026 59.5%, 2025 61.9%
- Medina: 2026 61.0%, 2025 59.8%
- Jazan: 2026 62.3%, 2025 57.5%
- Arar: 2026 62.4%, 2025 67.2%
- Albahah: 2026 65.2%, 2025 66.2%
- Tabuk: 2026 65.9%, 2025 59.2%
- Buraidah: 2026 66.3%, 2025 69.0%
- Najran: 2026 68.2%, 2025 60.0%
- Taif: 2026 72.3%, 2025 61.0%
- Jubail: 2026 72.9%, 2025 68.5%
- Hail: 2026 73.6%, 2025 59.0%
- Aljowf: 2026 -, 2025 55.7%
- Hafar Albatin: 2026 -, 2025 66.2%
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