Research and Community Service

Four expertise groups, one natural laboratory called North Sumatra.

Research and community service by lecturers follow the road maps of the study program, faculty, and university, with mandatory student involvement so that the results are relevant and impactful. The Lecturer Groups by Field of Study (KDBK) were established by Decree of the Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences No. 0065/UN33.3/KEP/2024.

KDBK 1

Geography Education

KDBK 2

Physical Geography and Environment

KDBK 3

Technical Geography

KDBK 4

Human Geography

46research titles by the study program’s lecturers in the last three years (40 self-funded or university-funded, 6 externally funded)
26Scopus-indexed articles from Geography Education, out of 62 articles across the Faculty of Social Sciences
3partner villages in Langkat Regency (Salahaji, Pangkalan Siata, Pulau Kampai) serving as the faculty’s natural laboratory

Source: Self-Evaluation Report (LED) 2025. Scopus and partner-village figures are faculty-level data.

Partnerships

Partnering with organizations that work with spatial data.

The study program strengthens research and community service collaboration with professional organizations and government agencies in geospatial, disaster, and regional fields. Student internships are arranged with, among others, Yayasan Konservasi Pesisir Indonesia (Indonesian Coastal Conservation Foundation).

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