Ray Kroc established Hamburger University

Kroc established Hamburger University in Chicago as a training facility to guarantee uniform standards throughout the business. "Hamburgerology with a minor in French fries" may be a certification available to these employees and franchisees.

At the global headquarters of the McDonald's Corporation in Chicago, Illinois, there is a training center called Hamburger University. It imparts restaurant management knowledge to owner-operators, mid-managers, and high-potential restaurant managers. As an "organizational cultural hub, introducing a continuous education process for the value chain, and transferring knowledge into tangible business results," Hamburger University's purpose is to become. Students at Hamburger University take classes in running a restaurant, leadership, customer service, operations, and procedures.

Currently, Hamburger University has 19 full-time resident lecturers on its 80-acre (32 ha) campus. The building has 13 classrooms for instruction, a 300-seat auditorium, 12 spaces for interactive education teams, and 3 cooking labs. Simultaneous interpretation is available through Hamburger University, and the professors can instruct in 28 different languages. In their first month working for McDonald's, restaurant staff members undergo about 32 hours of training, and more than 5,000 students enroll in Hamburger University each year. Ray Kroc, the company's founder, monitored lessons at the outset. Students still study Mr. Kroc's videotaped lectures at Hamburger University, despite the fact that he passed away in 1984.