The research provides insights on how to build social responsibility and discipline among university students in the process of character formation and nation building. It focuses on the University as a transformative institution for nurturing ethical citizens who can contribute to socio-economic development. Basing itself on theoretical views and empirical cases, the paper points out some problems—e.g. no sense of responsibility, culture prejudice and technology-lost—that block students' being so responsible. To resolve these problems, this article recommends the following comprehensive educational approaches such as value-based teacher training, curriculum improvement, involvement in service-learning and community services mentorship system, and incentive structures. The paper suggests universities collaborating with the community, local organizations, and the media to develop students' civic consciousness, moral intelligence and participatory citizenship. Argues that cultivating socially responsible citizen-scholars demands it embedded in institutional missions, coupled with experiential learning experiences and structured rewards and evaluations to foster discipline, socially responsive graduates capable of contributing substantially to the national and world-level public good.