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Abstract: How to break the grass ceiling of women has been extended from a political topic to many subjects such as economy, management and education, which has attracted more and more attention from all walks of the society. In a series of important documents, the United Nations has called for and urged governments to take active measures to focus on women's education, empowering women and improving women's participation in politics and competence. Since the Fourth World Conference on Women, governments have made a lot of efforts to effectively improve women's performance in education and participation in government. They accumulated many experiences and achieved much progress, but there are also still many challenges. According to a survey, in China, women’s proportion in education, especially in the higher education, increased year by year, and girls have accounted for a stable proportion of 50% among the undergraduate and graduates and made up one-third of PhD students. But at the same time, female college students face more pressure from the traditional view on their role. Boys hold more conservative view gender and some teachers also lack awareness on gender equality. So, how should universities, which gather female elites, play a role in motivating female students, improving their confidence and breaking through the glass ceiling? Taking China Women’s University as an example, this paper discusses how to create equal and inclusive campus environment, develop female college students’ leadership, break through the glass ceiling and improve their confidence and encourage growth for both girls and boys through the gold setting of professional production, professional construction, building of teachers’ team, students management and student association activities.