A control method for closing a clutch in an automatic manual transmission during a gear shifting to pass from a current gear to a successive gear; the automatic manual transmission has a gearbox provided with at least one primary shaft and at least one secondary shaft connected to driving wheels, and at least one clutch interposed between the primary shaft of the gearbox and a drive shaft of an engine; the control method includes, during the closing of the clutch, when the rotation speed of an engine side of the clutch is close to the rotation speed of a gearbox side of the clutch, the steps of: determining a speed difference between the rotation speed of the engine side of the clutch and the rotation speed of the gearbox side of the clutch; determining an acceleration target according to the speed difference; and determining a target torque to be transmitted through the clutch according to the acceleration target.