The Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University (MSGSU) is a Turkish public university dedicated to higher education in the fine arts. The center campus is located in the Fındıklı neighbourhood of Beyoğlu, Istanbul, Turkey.
There are 3 faculties, 3 institutes, Istanbul State Conservatory, and 2 vocational schools within the university. At the same time, various science-culture-art centers such as Istanbul Painting and Sculpture Museum and Tophane-i Amire Culture and Art Center serve within the school.
Founded in 1882 by Osman Hamdi Bey, who is a Turkish painter, art historian, archaeologist, and museum curator. The institution imitated the traditional European Beaux-Arts model and was the first Western-style art academy of its kind in Turkey. It is among the most preferred universities by students as it is the most rooted institution of art and architecture in the history of the Republic of Turkey.