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Background: This research investigates labor Market alignment challenges encountered by University of Tabuk (UT) of Education & Arts graduated students from 2017 to 2019. The researchers adopted a qualitative approach and used a developed questionnaire, interview, and document analysis to triangulate the data. The developed questionnaire using a five point Likert scale were administered to all 522 respondents whilst interviews were conducted with 10 professors. In addition, document analysis was conducted on the Strategic Plan of UT College of Education, eight program specifications and random syllabus used for the 50 courses in eight programs. Materials and Methods: The researchers adopted a qualitative approach and used a developed questionnaire, interview, and document analysis to triangulate the data. The developed questionnaire using a 5 point Likert-scale were administered to all 522 respondents whilst interviews were conducted with 10 professors. In addition, document analysis was conducted on the Strategic Plan of UT College of Education, eight program specifications and random syllabus used for the 50 courses in eight programs. Results: Data analyses indicated five main challenges faced by UT graduated students namely: organizational challenge, labor market requirements challenges, educational challenges, social challenges, and self-domain challenges. Conclusion: Based on the findings, it was suggested that UT College of Education should emphasize on filling the gap between UT graduated students' studying experience in all the abovementioned domains.
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