The Academy of Fine Arts, in Finnish Kuvataideakatemia (abbreviation KuvA), is an institution of higher learning, located in the Finnish capital, Helsinki. His teaching role is in the teaching of Fine Arts at university level. It was founded in 1848 by a foundation called the "Finnish Art Society" (Suomen Taideyhdistys, in Finnish). In its first years, it was a drawing academy, although in 1985 it happened to receive the current denomination and, in 1993, to be a University conducive to obtaining qualifications of degree and postgrado in Fine Arts.

Coordinates: 60 ° 10'57 "N 24 ° 57'37" E / 60.18250, 24.96028

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