The article analyzed the group characteristics of 567 high-level leaders in 112 China’s“211 Pro-ject”universities based on their curriculum vitae. And the results show:(1)on demographic,the age of the senior leaders in the universities is about 55 years old,and most of them are male and Han nationality. It seems that the higher of the university level,the older of its leader. And there is still the“glass ceiling”phenomenon-the female leaders are difficult promoted in the universities,but no ethnic discrimination. (2)On academic,compared with the administrative leaders and the vice leaders,the party leaders and the principal leaders should have higher edu-cational background,professional qualifications and international level. And compared with the person who comes from other academic backgrounds,it seems that those who from science background have more opportunities to be a senior leader.(3)On working position,the higher of the university level,the richer working experiences that the senior leaders have. And the party leaders have more abundant working experience respect to the executive leaders. By the way,most of the principal leaders have the outside-system working experience and are from the external se-lection. But on the whole,internal promotion is still the main way for a leader.%以我国112所“211工程”大学的567名高层领导的履历资料为基础，对大学高层领导的群体特征进行实证分析，结果显示：（1）在人口统计学特征上，我国大学高层领导以55岁左右的汉族男性为主，越是高水平的大学，其高层领导越可能是年长者，女性难以晋升的“玻璃天花板”现象依然存在，但不存在民族歧视；（2）在学术特征上，行政领导相对于党委领导、正职领导相对于副职领导，无论是学历、职称还是国际化水平上都有着更高的要求，且理工科背景出身相比其他背景来说，担任高层领导的机会更大；（3）任职特征上，越是高水平大学，其高层领导的任职经历往往越丰富，党委领导相对于行政领导有着更丰富的任职经历，较高比例的正职领导具有体制外任职的经历且来自于外部选拔，但总体看来，内部晋升仍是领导的主要晋升方式。
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