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This study aimed to: 1) determine the level of future anxiety and the level of academic achievement motivation of special education undergraduate students at King Khalid University, 2) to understand if the level of future anxiety has an effect on the academic achievement motivation, and 3) to find out whether the type of specialization has an impact on the level of achievement motivation and level of future anxiety. The sample consisted of (87) students who study in levels third to sixth. The study used both the scale of future concern (Almachiaghy.2009) and achievement motivation scale (Alhamed, 1996). To analyses the statistics, the researcher used One Sample T Test, One Way Anova and Stepwise regression. By using One Sample T Test, the results showed that none of the five dimensions of Future Anxiety Scale reached the sufficiency level, and there was no difference in the level of anxiety among students due to the different specialization. The T Test results showed that the academic achievement level is low t =84.05 and did not reach the sufficiency level t= 130 and there is no difference in the level of motivation due to specialization. The result of regression analysis revealed that only one of the dimensions of future anxiety scale which is the psychological manifestations predict academic achievement motivation. The study concluded that there are other reasons that cause the general reduction in the level of academic achievement motivation which need to be investigated. (Published abstract)