Hamburger University is a 130,000-square-foot (12,000Â m2) 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.
Campus
Today, Hamburger University is situated on an 80 acres (32Â ha) 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.
Popular culture
Hamburger University was satirized in the 1986 comedy, Hamburger... The Motion Picture. It was also spoofed by McDonald's itself in a commercial with Ronald McDonald in which several animatronic hamburgers were shown graduating from school.
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