Abstract
Background. University education in all countries of the world occupies an important placebecause universities are the stronghold of enlightened thought, the center of enlightenment, and the home of constructive scientific research. Through our survey of the published papers, there was no statistical study examining the reasons for this gap. If the reasons are studied, the compatibility between the outputs of education and the labor market will be achieved. Objective. To identify factors that cause the gap between university education and the labor market, then expand the compatibility between learning outcomes in Saudi universities and market requirements in accordance with the Kingdom’s Vision 2030. Methods and Materials. Questionnaires were given to the general population of Saudi Arabia, using Google forms for data collection. The target group was 384 people answered. Results. The findings showed, Resolution IV with regression analysis gave the factors that caused the gap between university education outcomes and the labor market: no training institutions and graduate centers, lack of awareness of children about the appropriate specialties and strengthening their inclinations towards itand the continuous increase in the number of graduates in light of the weak absorptive capacity of the labor market. In addition, the saturated design with regression analysis gave the factors that caused the gap between university education outcomes and the labor market: lack of awareness of children about the appropriate specialties, and strengthening their inclinations towards it and existence of non-national competencies, universities’ lack of materials, and support for the academic content required by the labor market and the continuous increase in the number of graduates in light of the weak absorptive capacity of the labor market, no training institutes and centers for graduates and the continuous increase in the number of graduates in light of the weak absorptive capacity of the labor market. Conclusion. No training institutions and graduate centers, lack of awareness of children about the appropriate specialties and strengthening their inclinations towards it and the continuous increase in the number of graduates in light of the weak absorptive capacity of the labor market are caused the gap between university education outcomes and the labor market.