The invention discloses a preparation method of an 8-hydroxyquinoline iron organic dye photodegradation catalyst, and belongs to the field of metal-organic complexes. The method comprises the following steps: firstly, preparing a photodegradation catalyst reaction solution, dissolving ligands in N,N-dimethylformamide or methanol, dissolving an iron salt in methanol or N,N-dimethylformamide, mixingthe obtained two solutions, carrying out stirring at room temperature, heating the prepared reaction liquid to 60-80 DEG C for a reaction, slowly carrying out cooling to room temperature after the reaction is finished to obtain a brown black block crystal, then carrying out washing in methanol, and carrying out airing, so as to obtain the 8-hydroxyquinoline catalyst with catalytic activity. Themethod provided by the invention has simple operation, mild condition and low cost, and the efficiency is high when the catalyst is applied to organic dye photodegradation, so that the method providedby the invention has feasibility in industrial application.