A method of providing virtual sound in an electric vehicle, includes: collecting vehicle driving information for outputting the virtual sound; determining characteristics of the virtual sound based on the collected vehicle driving information; generating a virtual effect signal for outputting the virtual sound, based on the determined characteristics; generating a sound signal containing the characteristics, based on the virtual effect signal; collecting the generated sound signal to obtain a final sound signal corresponding to a vehicle rating selected according to setting information based on the preset vehicle rating and a sound correction algorithm; and outputting the virtual sound corresponding to the selected vehicle rating, according to the final sound signal.