The graduates of UPIEd have a wide range of career opportunities. In addition to having career prospect as educators, they are also expected to be able to develop the knowledge they have obtained by becoming researchers who are critical of contemporary Islamic phenomena, issues, and problems. Another career option is to become edupreneurs who introduce creative and innovative ideas and works in the field of Islamic education and propagation. More specifically, the profile of the UPIEd graduates can described as follow:
- Competent Islamic educators at formal and non-formal educational institutions who have adequate professional, pedagogic, personality and social competences.
- Competent and innovative researchers in the field of Islamic religious education who can apply social, religious, and educational theories to conduct studies, analysis, evaluation, and creation in the field of Islamic religious education.
- Entrepreneurs in the field of education who are productive, inspirational, and competitive in producing and developing ideas and services in the field of education.