The invention belongs to the technical field of buildings, and particularly relates to a modular building design method based on BIM technology, which comprises the following steps of S1, field investigation, S2, scheme preparation, S3, component splitting and deepening design, S4, collision inspection, S5, automatic quantity calculation, S6, component production and S7, field construction. According to the method, fine management of the whole life cycle of design, production and on-site construction of the modular building is achieved through the BIM technology, organic combination of the front-end design concept and rear-end production and construction factors is achieved, design errors caused by front-back disjunction are avoided, and design efficiency and design quality are greatly improved.