The present invention discloses a method and device for scheduling terminals based on the measurement gap. The method comprises: when the system side needs to schedule a terminal in a measurement state of measurement gap, not only judging whether the downlink scheduling information or the uplink authorization information of the terminal is sent during the period of measuring the measurement gap, but also judging whether the downlink scheduling feedback, the uplink data feedback or the uplink data corresponding to the uplink authorization is sent during the period of measuring the measurement gap, and scheduling the terminal normally when none of the above information is sent during the period of measuring the measurement gap; the device comprises a judging module, a scheduling module and a terminal information acquisition module. The present invention can simplify the processing for the terminal and save the resources of the system.