The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of self-esteem and self-control on empathy ability of undergraduate students. And eventually we aimed to provide basic data for university students to build moral competencies needed in community society. The objects of the study were 231 undergraduate students attending four-year universities in Gyeonggi-do. The questionnaire which is composed of questions about self-esteem, self-control, and empathy, was used to collect data. And then SPSS program was used to analyze the data. The results were as follows. First, as a result of analyzing general trends of research objects, cognitive empathy which is a sub-factor of empathy ability, and self-value sense which is a sub-factor of self-esteem showed the highest average. Second, as a result of analyzing the correlation of research variables, self-satisfaction and self-regulation style showed the highest positive correlation, and self-satisfaction and willful inhibition style showed the highest negative correlation. Third, as effects of self-esteem and self-control on empathy ability of undergraduate students, the result showed that self-worth and self-regulation style had 26.3% influence on cognitive empathy, and the interaction factor of these two factors had 24.4% influence on cognitive empathy.