A random access method and a user equipment are provided. The random access method includes: acquiring configuration information, where the configuration information includes random access resource configuration information of at least two beams; acquiring signal quality measurement result information of the at least two beams; selecting at least one beam according to the signal quality measurement result information of the at least two beams; an determining a random access resource of the at least one beam according to the random access resource configuration information of the at least one beam, and initiating a random access on the determined random access resource through the at least one beam.