Support Burgmann
The place to be - and the place to become
As Burgmann College marks its 55th Anniversary, we are inviting the community that built this place to help shape its next chapter.
For 55 years, Burgmann has been known as ‘the place to be’ at ANU. Around the time of our 50th anniversary, a new idea began to take hold: that Burgmann is also the place to become — where residents don’t just live, but transform. Where they discover their strengths, build their confidence, and emerge ready to lead and to make their most valuable contribution to the world.
That tradition has always been made possible by the generosity of our community. From our earliest days in the 1970s, alumni, families and friends have given to ensure Burgmann remains a genuine community — not just a place to sleep and study, but a home where lifelong friendships are forged and futures are shaped.
A College set to thrive
Our new strategic plan is taking shape around four themes:
- Transforming the resident experience
- Strengthening belonging
- Developing our infrastructure and financial foundations
- Engaging our wider community — including you
We are investing in gold-standard programs across academic support, careers and employability, leadership, and wellbeing — and renewing our communal spaces so they match the quality of the community that fills them.
"At Burgmann, we all come from such different places, different values and different stories. In the scheme of all that, it's a beautiful thing that we all come here and find the things that make us all common."
Euan Maclean | Burgmann Residents Association President
How your support makes a difference
Your gift ensures that Burgmann can continue to attract and support a diverse, talented community of residents — regardless of their circumstances — and to deliver the gold-standard programs, pastoral care and communal spaces that define the Burgmann experience.
Funds raised help the College to:
- Deliver gold-standard programs in academics, careers, leadership and wellbeing
- Offer scholarships and bursaries that open Burgmann to students from every background
- Maintain, modernise and renew the communal spaces at the heart of College life
- Provide discretionary support to residents in moments of hardship
How you can help
This year, as we celebrate Burgmann’s 55th Anniversary, we are inviting our community to come together in support of the College that shaped you. You can give to Burgmann in a number of ways:
- Make a one-off donation or annual gift to the Principal’s Priorities Fund
- Support a specific area of College life — scholarships, bursaries, hardship, First Nations programs, or facilities
- Leave a gift in your Will through the St Beryl Society
Every contribution is fully tax deductible within Australia.
How to give?
Making a gift to Burgmann is simple. You can give online in a few minutes, and your contribution goes directly to delivering the programs, pastoral care and spaces that make Burgmann, Burgmann.
