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This paper investigates the relationship between the psychological safety factors of university educational environment and the development of psychological health of university students in Saudi Arabia. The study sample consisted of (395) male and female students from Jeddah University and King Abdulaziz University, Faculties of Education, Arts and Humanities. A questionnaire was designed to collect the necessary data using psychological safety scale (composed of three factors, 12 statements), and psychological health scale (composed of three factors, 15 statements). The results showed that the psychological safety level within the Saudi educational environment and the psychological health of university students were moderate. The findings also showed significant positive relationship between the psychological safety factors of educational environment (free of psychological violence for interaction and free of socio psychological violence) and the psychological health factors of students (emotional and psychological comfort and psychological stability). No significance relationship between the developmental factor of the educational environment and the levels of having cognitive abilities and achievements was found. The study concludes that making a psychologically safe educational environment is a critical key to improve the psychological health of university students. Universities and decision makers in the domain are advised to psychologically improve their educational environment to be free of psychological and socio psychological violence for proper interaction and cognitive developments. (Published abstract)