Jagannath University (JnU) has been allocated a revenue budget of Tk 186.6 crore for the 2026–27 fiscal year. The allocation is part of the University Grants Commission’s (UGC) total approved budget of Tk 12,300.04 crore for 58 public universities and the UGC itself. The approval came during the UGC’s 187th full commission meeting held on June 11. Of the total, Tk 12,001.82 crore was designated for public universities and Tk 298.58 crore for the UGC.

According to UGC sources, Tk 7,428.43 crore of the total university budget is for operational expenses and Tk 4,573.39 crore for development projects. Jagannath University’s allocation is comparable to other major institutions such as Islamic University (Tk 188.4 crore), Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (Tk 186.66 crore), and Khulna University (Tk 182.92 crore). Dhaka University received the highest revenue budget of Tk 949.36 crore.

The UGC also unified research budgets of universities and the commission to avoid duplication, transferring Tk 200 crore from universities to the UGC’s research fund, which now totals Tk 226 crore. With an additional Tk 12 crore for foreign scholarships, the total scholarship allocation stands at Tk 238 crore.