Hamburger University

Not to be confused with University of Hamburg.

Hamburger University
MottoLearning Today, Leading Tomorrow
TypeCorporate university
Established1961 (1961)
Location
Chicago
,
Illinois
,
United States

41°53′01″N 87°39′13″W / 41.88369770°N 87.65367870°W / 41.88369770; -87.65367870
CampusUrban
ColorsRed, white
AffiliationsMcDonald's

Hamburger University is a training facility at the McDonald's Corporation global headquarters in Chicago, Illinois. It instructs high-potential restaurant managers, mid-managers, and owner-operators in restaurant management.[1] Hamburger University's mission is to become an “organizational culture hub, introducing a continuous education process for the value chain and transforming knowledge into actual business results.”[2] Hamburger University students take courses about restaurant operations, leadership skills, customer service, operations, and procedures.

More than 5,000 students attend Hamburger University each year and over 275,000 people have graduated with a degree in "Hamburgerology." 40% of McDonald's global leadership has attended Hamburger University.[3]

  1. ^ "Hamburger University". McDonald's. 2011. Archived from the original on January 18, 2016. Retrieved July 23, 2011.
  2. ^ "Hamburger Education: Inside McDonald's University". March 10, 2021.
  3. ^ Walters, Natalie (October 24, 2015). "McDonald's Hamburger University can be harder to get into than Harvard and is even cooler than you'd imagine". Business Insider. Insider, Inc. Retrieved November 30, 2020.