The invention relates to a partial discharge ultrahigh frequency, ultrasonic wave and light pulse combined detection system and method for a GIS. The partial discharge ultrahigh frequency, ultrasonicwave and light pulse combined detection system for the GIS comprises a monitored object GIS, an ultrahigh frequency, ultrasonic wave and light pulse integrated sensor, a transmission optical fiber, acoaxial cable, a 3dB coupler, a light source, a multi-channel photoelectric conversion and amplifier device, a filtering and amplifier device, a multi-channel data acquisition and storage device, a control and display device and a printing device; and the ultrahigh frequency, ultrasonic wave and light pulse integrated sensor is an integrated combined sensor capable of measuring partial discharge of an ultrahigh frequency, an ultrasonic wave and a light pulse signal simultaneously and is installed and arranged on a shell of the monitored object GIS in a built-in mode. Compared with the prior art, the partial discharge ultrahigh frequency, ultrasonic wave and light pulse combined detection system has the advantages of being simple, practical, reliable, capable of reducing electromagnetic interference and mutually proving signal sources and the like.