The invention discloses a system for cloud group control of an elevator. The system comprises an elevator main control unit, a cloud group control unit and a layer selecting terminal unit. A method for cloud group control of the elevator comprises the following steps: after elevator calling information of a user is received by the layer selecting terminal unit, transmitting an equipment identifying code and the elevator calling information, on which encryption protocols are performed, of the user to the cloud group control unit; after the cloud group control unit is decoded by the encryption protocols, obtaining the user information of the user; reading the real-time operating state of the current elevator from the elevator main control unit, sending elevator dispatching information by the cloud group control unit according to group control service provisioned by the user, and transmitting the elevator dispatching information to the elevator main control unit through a communication unit; transmitting the elevator dispatching information to the layer selecting terminal unit so as to display the elevator dispatching information, so that the service is carried out by the elevator according to the elevator dispatching information. According to the system and the method for the cloud group control of the elevator, which are disclosed by the invention, the group control system based on various scheduling algorithms is selected according to the use frequency and the use period, cost of a group control function is flexibly controlled, a layer selecting terminal is diversified, and the system has good flexibility and a free customizing property.