Hamburger University

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The campus of Hamburger University.

Hamburger University is a 130,000 square foot (12,000 m²) training facility of McDonald's Corporation, located at 2815 Jorie Boulevard in Oak Brook, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. This corporate university was designed to instruct personnel employed by McDonald's in the various aspects of the business. Over 70,000 managers have graduated from the institution and it has 30 resident professors.

History

Hamburger University was founded in 1961, at a McDonald's restaurant in Elk Grove Village, Illinois. In the early 1960s, the first students had to complete strictly required courses such as chemistry, marketing, and cooking so that when they graduated, they would be able to create formulas to increase the profit of the company. Many of those with a "McDegree" were able to get jobs in a lab where they could invent new ways to enhance the food in an economical way.

Hamburger University was satirized in the 1986 comedy Hamburger...The Motion Picture.

Statistics

• Hamburger University is on an 80 acre (320,000 m²) campus.
• 19 full-time international resident instructors teach students from more than 119 countries.
• The state-of-the-art facility includes 13 teaching rooms, a 300 seat auditorium, 12 interactive education team rooms, and 3 kitchen labs.
• Hamburger University translators can provide simultaneous translation, and the faculty has the ability to teach in 28 different languages.
• Restaurant employees receive about 32 hours of training in their first month with McDonald's.
• More than 5,000 students attend Hamburger University each year.

External links

• Career Path Resources: Fast Food Managers in New York State