Fire services surrounded the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland on Sunday afternoon.
Three appliances were rushed to Renfrew Street after alarms of a fire were raised after 1pm.
The entrance to the Royal Conservatoire was sealed off but Scottish Fire and Rescue Services could not confirm which building was affected by the fire.
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A Scottish Fire and Rescue Service spokesman confirmed the fire has since been extinguished.
He added: "We took an alarm call at 1.22pm for a building on Renfrew Street in Glasgow. A fire was in the building.
"We initially mobilised two appliances and ended up having three in attendance there. The fire has since been extinguished and we have left the scene."
The last appliance left the scene at 3.18pm.
A spokesman for the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland said: “A fire alarm was triggered at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland today due to an electrical fault in the Stevenson Hall. The building was evacuated as a precaution and the emergency services attended. The building will operate as normal this evening and tomorrow.”
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