The University of Costa Rica is an institution of higher education and culture, constitutionally and democratically autonomous, constituted by a community of professors, students and administrative staff, dedicated to teaching, research, social action, study, meditation , artistic creation and the dissemination of knowledge.

La Universidad de Costa Rica (UCR) es una institución de educación superior reconocida en toda América Latina y abanderada de la enseñanza humanista, donde se han formado generaciones de profesionales con compromiso social.