Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University
Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University was founded by Osman Hamdi Bey, an Art Historian, Archaeologist, Museologist, Painter, and Architect, in 1882, under the name Mekteb-i Sanayi-i Nefise-i Şahane, and started education on March 2, 1883 with 8 instructors and 20 students. It is the first Art and Architecture college established in Turkey.
Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University History and Present
In 1883, Sanâyi-i Nefîse Mektebi started teaching Painting, Sculpture and Architecture in the building opposite the Archeology Museum, with a teaching staff of eight and twenty-one students. Originally affiliated to the Ministry of Commerce, the institution was subordinated to the Ministry of Education in 1886.
In 1914, İnâs Sanâyi-i Nefise Mektebi, which includes only painting and sculpture departments for female students, started teaching.
The institution, which is the first art and architecture college in Turkey, took the name of Fine Arts Academy in 1928 and thus became the first higher education institution in Turkey to receive the title of academy.
The Academy of Fine Arts gained scientific autonomy in 1969. The institution continued its activities under the name of Istanbul State Fine Arts Academy. Adile Sultan Palace, which was used as Istanbul University Faculty of Letters and later as Atatürk Girls’ High School, was given to the Academy of Fine Arts. The restoration of this building, located next to the Academy, and its integration with the main building through the library built in between, lasted until 1975. The building was opened to education on this date. The Turkish Film Archive was connected to the Fine Arts Academy and renamed the Istanbul State Academy of Fine Arts Film Archive.
Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University History and Present
Becoming a University
The institution turned into a university on July 20, 1982 and was named Mimar Sinan University. In 2004, the words fine arts were added to his name.
Today, the state university, whose central campus is located in the Fındıklı district of Istanbul, continues to provide education as one of the favorite schools of Istanbul with its historical architectural structure, applied workshop classes and deep-rooted history.
Fine Arts University Departments
Cinema and Television, Art History, History, Architecture, Turkish Language and Literature, Industrial Design, Interior Architecture, Mathematics, Sociology, Statistics, City and Regional Planning, Archeology, Philosophy, Physics, Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Heritage, Architectural Restoration, Clothing Production technology.
University is the dream of many young people who want to study in the field of fine arts.