The schools of law , agronomy , fine arts , and pharmacy continued to operate independently , but Costa Rica had no university proper until 1940 , when those four schools were re-united to establish the modern University of Costa Rica ( UCR ) , during the reformist administration of President Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia .
The schools of law , agronomy , fine arts , and pharmacy continued independently , but Costa Rica had no other university until 1940 , when those four schools ( law , agronomy , fine arts , pharmacy ) were united to form the University of Costa Rica ( UCR ) , during the government of President Rafael Ángel Calderón Guardia .