create a Bauhaus-inspired model to enable consistency and continuity in the education that first-year students received. This model aimed at encouraging students to explore, question and analyse different techniques, tools, and materials related to arts and design. Following the 1980 coup d'état in Turkey, the administration and autonomy of universities changed, and Basic Design Education was removed from the curriculum in 1982. Academic units Faculty of natural sciences and literature (archeology, pedagogy, physics, statistics, mathematics, history of art, sociology, history, Turkish philology and literature) Faculty of fine arts (photography, traditional Turkish handicrafts, graphic design, sculpture, painting, stage design and stage clothes, ceramics art and glass art, cinema and TV, textile design and fashion design, bookbinding, tilework restoration, calligraphy, rug and old textile design), Restoration and Conservation of art works (Painting and Sculpture) Faculty of Architecture (industrial design, interior architecture, architecture, urban planning and regional planning) Istanbul State Conservatory (full-time and part-time) / (music, musicology, performing arts) Vocational School (textile design, architectural restoration) Institute of Natural Sciences Institute of Social Sciences Institute of Fine Arts School of Informatics Associated institutions Tophane Kasrı Istanbul Museum of Painting and Sculpture Tophane-i Amire Cultural Center Notable faculty Osman Hamdi Bey–painter, art historian, and archaeologist Yervant Osgan–sculptor İbrahim Çallı–painter Filiz Ali–pianist and musicologist Rudolf Belling–German sculptor Nuri Bilge Ceylan–film director, screenwriter, and photographer Adnan Coker–painter Bedri Rahmi Eyüboğlu–painter and poet Nazmi Ziya Güran–painter Bruno Taut–German architect Alexander Vallaury–French architect Robert Vorhoelzer–German architect and city planner Ali Teoman Germaner–sculptor Hande Erçel - Turkish actress and model Neşe Aybey - miniaturist Hüseyin Tahirzade Behzat - miniaturist Notable alumni Actors and models Okan Bayülgen–actor and television personality Hande Erçel–actress and model Nazlı Deniz Kuruoğlu–ballet dancer and Miss Turkey 1982 Tuba Büyüküstün–actress and model Halit Ergenç–actor Nejat İşler–actor Sarp Akkaya-actor Artists Maide Arel – Armenian-Turkish painter, graduated in 1935. Akbar Behkalam–German-Iranian painter and sculptor Sinem Banna–Turkish-American Sculptor Adnan Coker–painter Nevin Çokay–painter Nazmi Ziya Güran–painter Nur Koçak–artist Maya Kulenovic– Canadian painter (student from 1992 to 1995) Elif Naci, painter Erinç Seymen–Turkish artist Sevil Soyer–painter and interdisciplinary artist Musicians Burak Bilgili–opera singer Yonca Evcimik–pop singer Other Kutluğ Ataman–film director Pınar Selek–sociologist and human rights activist Galip Tekin–comic book artist See also National Palaces Painting Museum List of universities in Turkey References External links University's official website Mimar Sinan Mimar Sinan Students Portal Educational institutions established in 1882 Educational institutions established in 1982 Bosphorus Beyoğlu 1982 establishments in Turkey 1882 establishments in