The formulation of the Competences of Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLO), which characterizes the competences of graduates of the Doctoral Study Program in Geography in accordance with Indonesian National Qualifications Framework (KKNI) level 9, consists of the primary and supporting competences as follows:
| Competence Group | Competence Formulation | GLO |
| Primary Competence | Able to master the concepts and theories of geography and develop approaches and methods of analysis to solve problems of human and environmental interactions from a spatial, ecological, and regional complex perspective. | 1 |
| Supporting Competences | Supporting Competence I (knowledge and understanding of): able to understand, synthesize, and/or evaluate the development of concepts, theories, and geography applications for development purposes. | 2 |
| Supporting Competence II (intellectual skills-able to): able to identify and use problem-solving methods from a geographic perspective and communicate it verbally or in writing in scientific forums at the national and international levels. | 3 | |
| Supporting Competence III (practical skill-able to): able to develop, modify, and synthesize geographic analysis methods to solve problems in the real world, whether they are spatial, ecological, or regional complex. | 4 | |
| Supporting Competence IV (managerial skills-able to): able to manage multi-, inter-, and trans-disciplinary geographic research (environmental geography, regional development, geographic information science) and communicate it to stakeholders. | 5 |