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{{short description|Training facility of the McDonald's Corporation in Chicago}}
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'''Hamburger University''' is a {{convert|130000|sqft|sing=on}} [[training]] facility of [[McDonald's]], located in [[Oak Brook, Illinois]], a western [[suburb]] of [[Chicago]]. This [[corporate university]] was designed to instruct personnel employed by McDonald's in the various aspects of [[restaurant management]]. More than 80,000 restaurant managers, mid-managers and owner/operators have "graduated" from this facility.<ref name="hamu">{{cite web |url=http://www.aboutmcdonalds.com/mcd/corporate_careers/training_and_development/hamburger_university.html|title=Hamburger University|publisher=McDonald's|date=2011|accessdate=23 July 2011}}</ref>
'''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]].<ref name="hamu">{{cite web|url=http://www.aboutmcdonalds.com/mcd/corporate_careers/training_and_development/hamburger_university.html|title=Hamburger University|publisher=McDonald's|date=2011|access-date=July 23, 2011|archive-date=January 18, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160118041638/http://www.aboutmcdonalds.com/mcd/corporate_careers/training_and_development/hamburger_university.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> 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.”<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.uopeople.edu/blog/hamburger-education-inside-mcdonalds-university/|title=Hamburger Education: Inside McDonald's University|date=March 10, 2021}}</ref> 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.<ref name="BusinessInsider">{{cite web |last1=Walters |first1=Natalie |title=McDonald's Hamburger University can be harder to get into than Harvard and is even cooler than you'd imagine |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/mcdonalds-hamburger-university-2333 |website=Business Insider |publisher=Insider, Inc. |access-date=November 30, 2020 |date=October 24, 2015}}</ref>
==Campus==
Since its establishment, Hamburger University has been situated on an {{convert|80|acre}} campus. Restaurant employees receive approximately 32 hours of training in their first month with McDonald's and more than 5,000 students attend Hamburger University each year. Founder [[Ray Kroc]] oversaw lessons at its beginning.


==History==
In 2016 McDonald's Corporation announced it would move its U.S. and world headquarters including Hamburger University from its long time home in Oak Brook to a newly built complex on property which formerly housed [[Oprah Winfrey]]'s [[Harpo Productions|Harpo Studios]] in Chicago.<ref>[https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2016/06/13/mcdonalds-moving-headquarters-to-chicago/85821422/ McDonald's moving headquarters to downtown Chicago by 2018] (Retrieved from USA Today on 31 March 2018)</ref><ref>[http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-mcdonalds-headquarters-0603-biz-20160602-story.html McDonald's to move HQ to Chicago as soon as 2018, source says] (Retrieved from the Chicago Tribune on 31 March 2018)</ref><ref>[http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-mcdonalds-oak-brook-property-20180112-story.html McDonald's begins selling off Oak Brook property before headquarters move] (Retrieved from the Chicago Tribune on 31 March 2018)</ref> Starting in 2017 McDonald's put up for sale or sold most of its Oak Brook campus.
Hamburger University training started in 1961 with a class of 14 people in the basement of one of its restaurants. The educational program was operated by [[Fred L. Turner]], a grill cook.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Luna|first=Nancy|date=2020-10-28|title=McDonald's to revitalize Hamburger University under new Chief Learning and Development Officer Bethany Tate Cornell|url=https://www.nrn.com/quick-service/mcdonald-s-revitalize-hamburger-university-under-new-chief-learning-and-development|access-date=2021-01-15|website=Nation's Restaurant News|language=en}}</ref> Turner would eventually contribute significantly to the growth of McDonald's and become the CEO of McDonald's for 20 years.


Hamburger University was originally located on an 80-acre (32 ha) campus at the company's global headquarters in [[Oak Brook, Illinois]] from its founding until 2018, when both the McDonald's headquarters and Hamburger University moved to [[West Loop]], Chicago, in a new complex built on the site of the former headquarters of [[Oprah Winfrey]]'s [[Harpo Studios]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2016/06/13/mcdonalds-moving-headquarters-to-chicago/85821422/|title=McDonald's moving headquarters to downtown Chicago by 2018|website=USA TODAY|access-date=June 9, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-mcdonalds-headquarters-0603-biz-20160602-story.html|title=McDonald's to move HQ to Chicago as soon as 2018, source says|first=Samantha Bomkamp, John|last=Byrne|website=ChicagoTribune.com|access-date=June 9, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-mcdonalds-oak-brook-property-20180112-story.html|title=McDonald's begins selling off Oak Brook property before headquarters move|first=Greg Trotter, Ryan|last=Ori|website=ChicagoTribune.com|access-date=June 9, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Whitten |first1=Whitten |last2=Chung |first2=Peter Q.W. |title=McDonald's opens new $250 million headquarters. Here's what it looks like inside |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/09/mcdonalds-opens-new-250-million-headquarters-heres-what-it-looks-like-inside.html |website=CNBC |access-date=November 30, 2020 |date=June 9, 2018}}</ref>
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==Popular culture==

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Hamburger University was satirized in the 1986 comedy, ''[[Hamburger... The Motion Picture]]''.<ref>{{BFI Explore|id=4ce2b722ee9e8|title=Hamburger - The Motion Picture}}</ref> It was also spoofed by McDonald's itself in a commercial with [[Ronald McDonald]] in which several [[animatronic]] hamburgers were shown graduating from school.
The previous location in Oak Brook was purchased in June 2019 by [[John Paul DeJoria]], co-founder of [[John Paul Mitchell Systems]].<ref name="foxbusiness.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.foxbusiness.com/business-leaders/billionaire-john-paul-dejoria-mcdonalds-campus-oak-brook-illinois|title=Billionaire John Paul DeJoria buys McDonald's campus in Illinois|first=Katherine|last=Lam|date=June 6, 2019|website=FOXBusiness|access-date=June 9, 2019}}</ref>

==Locations==
[[File:Hamburger University entrance (August 2024).jpg|thumb|The entrance to Hamburger University in Chicago]]
Hamburger University currently has eight campuses worldwide in addition to the main campus in Chicago, Illinois: Tokyo, London, Sydney, Munich, São Paulo, Shanghai, and Moscow.<ref name="BusinessInsider" />

The Shanghai location is housed in a 28-story building that serves as McDonald's China headquarters. The school takes up {{convert|16846|ft2|m2}} and is decorated with pictures of McDonald's products and equipment. The school accepts less than 1% of applicants.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fromson |first=Daniel |date=2011-01-27 |title=McDonald's Takes on China With More-Selective-Than-Harvard Hamburger University |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2011/01/mcdonalds-takes-on-china-with-more-selective-than-harvard-hamburger-university/70358/ |access-date=2022-04-15 |website=The Atlantic |language=en}}</ref>

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==In popular culture==
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Hamburger University was satirized in the 1986 comedy ''[[Hamburger: The Motion Picture]]''.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20161021205345/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b722ee9e8/ ''Hamburger - The Motion Picture''] at the [[British Film Institute]]{{better source needed|reason=Help request: a live link can be searched for at https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/search/expert - if available, replace the archive URL with the live link. Or if none found, remove this 'better source needed' template. | date=October 2023}}</ref> It was also spoofed by McDonald's itself in a commercial with [[Ronald McDonald]] in which several [[animatronic]] hamburgers were shown graduating.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}


==References==
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Latest revision as of 16:35, 17 December 2024

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]

History

Hamburger University training started in 1961 with a class of 14 people in the basement of one of its restaurants. The educational program was operated by Fred L. Turner, a grill cook.[4] Turner would eventually contribute significantly to the growth of McDonald's and become the CEO of McDonald's for 20 years.

Hamburger University was originally located on an 80-acre (32 ha) campus at the company's global headquarters in Oak Brook, Illinois from its founding until 2018, when both the McDonald's headquarters and Hamburger University moved to West Loop, Chicago, in a new complex built on the site of the former headquarters of Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Studios.[5][6][7][8]

The previous location in Oak Brook was purchased in June 2019 by John Paul DeJoria, co-founder of John Paul Mitchell Systems.[9]

Locations

The entrance to Hamburger University in Chicago

Hamburger University currently has eight campuses worldwide in addition to the main campus in Chicago, Illinois: Tokyo, London, Sydney, Munich, São Paulo, Shanghai, and Moscow.[3]

The Shanghai location is housed in a 28-story building that serves as McDonald's China headquarters. The school takes up 16,846 square feet (1,565.0 m2) and is decorated with pictures of McDonald's products and equipment. The school accepts less than 1% of applicants.[10]

Hamburger University was satirized in the 1986 comedy Hamburger: The Motion Picture.[11] It was also spoofed by McDonald's itself in a commercial with Ronald McDonald in which several animatronic hamburgers were shown graduating.[citation needed]

References

  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. ^ a b 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.
  4. ^ Luna, Nancy (October 28, 2020). "McDonald's to revitalize Hamburger University under new Chief Learning and Development Officer Bethany Tate Cornell". Nation's Restaurant News. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
  5. ^ "McDonald's moving headquarters to downtown Chicago by 2018". USA TODAY. Retrieved June 9, 2019.
  6. ^ Byrne, Samantha Bomkamp, John. "McDonald's to move HQ to Chicago as soon as 2018, source says". ChicagoTribune.com. Retrieved June 9, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ Ori, Greg Trotter, Ryan. "McDonald's begins selling off Oak Brook property before headquarters move". ChicagoTribune.com. Retrieved June 9, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ Whitten, Whitten; Chung, Peter Q.W. (June 9, 2018). "McDonald's opens new $250 million headquarters. Here's what it looks like inside". CNBC. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
  9. ^ Lam, Katherine (June 6, 2019). "Billionaire John Paul DeJoria buys McDonald's campus in Illinois". FOXBusiness. Retrieved June 9, 2019.
  10. ^ Fromson, Daniel (January 27, 2011). "McDonald's Takes on China With More-Selective-Than-Harvard Hamburger University". The Atlantic. Retrieved April 15, 2022.
  11. ^ Hamburger - The Motion Picture at the British Film Institute[better source needed]
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