Abstract: Today, social responsibility in the university is considered as an ethical dimension that every organization or institution should have as a vision and promote in its daily activity, opening the critical awareness of society, which requires a capacity for dialogue, communication of transmission of training, research and extension processes. In this sense, the social projection of universities is not only an external action, but also has an academic impact through the introduction of changes in the curriculum and pedagogies; greater relevance and a competency-based curriculum contributes to social projection by reaffirming practical and not exclusively theoretical knowledge in response to specific problems (Domínguez, 2009), following principles of ethics, good governance, respect for the environment, social commitment and the promotion of civic values, thus taking responsibility for the consequences and impacts derived from their actions.

For all the aforementioned, the role of the teacher plays a very important role, since their actions must not only be theoretical and communicative, but also practical for the university student to transform their way of thinking and acting in favor of the environment and the community.

Key words: actions, teacher, students, project development, university social responsibility, role