Under the agreement, the company’s training modules will be incorporated as part of the MBA programme offered by UTM’s Azman Hashim International Business School (AHIBS).

It is UTM’s first formal collaboration, through a credit transfer arrangement, with a key industry player, enabling selected modules of the in-house training programme to be recognised as transferable credits to the MBA programme.

“We are thrilled to be partnering with UTM for a credit transfer system for its MBA programme.

“This underscores the quality of McDonald’s Malaysia’s training programme, where the focus is on leadership competencies, customer satisfaction, business acumen and people skill,” the company’s managing director and local operating partner, Azmir Jaafar, said.

“The collaboration with UTM will enable our people to pursue an MBA which would help them in their personal and professional growth, in line with our practice of always putting talent first.”

He said the company’s managers would be eligible to take advantage of the credit transfer from next February.

UTM vice-chancellor Prof Wahid Omar said experts from the university will help McDonald’s to enhance its in-house training programme.

“This collaboration features a new education model that redefines academia-industry partnership to suit the changing landscape in higher education,” he said.