Provided is a method for receiving a downlink control channel in a machine type communication (MTC) device. A method for receiving a downlink control channel can comprise the steps of: receiving first configuration information about an MTC device-operable subband among system bands of a cell; receiving second configuration information, about a subframe, for monitoring a downlink control channel in a cell-specific search space (CSS); and switching from a subband with respect to the first configuration information to a pre-configured cell-common subband and then receiving, in the cell-common subband in a subframe with respect to the second configuration information, a downlink control channel in the CSS and another channel.