What McDonald's training center, founded in 1961, became famous for teaching restaurant management?

McDonald's training center founded in 1961 is Hamburger University.

McDonald's established Hamburger University at its Oak Brook, Illinois, headquarters to train restaurant managers, operators, and corporate staff. The institution taught standardized procedures in areas such as food preparation, restaurant operations, service, and business management. Its name turned the company’s central product into a playful but memorable educational brand.

Hamburger University is not a conventional university granting ordinary academic degrees. It is a corporate training institution, although McDonald's has partnered with educational organizations and offered advanced management programs. The name is also distinct from the company's earlier Speedee branding: Speedee represented the original service-system mascot, while Hamburger University represented formalized employee and manager education.