The invention discloses an underground electromagnetic-wave ultrasound united positioning system and method for a coal mine. The system comprises a ground monitoring terminal on the ground, an underground central station, a plurality of gateway nodes, an optical fiber, a bus, a plurality of anchor nodes, a plurality of mobile nodes and an upper terminal arranged at a far end, wherein the underground equipment is intrinsic safety equipment. The method is a united positioning method, wherein electromagnetic waves are matched with ultrasonic waves; according to the space structure of a roadway and the properties and characteristics of the electromagnetic waves and the ultrasonic waves, the mobile nodes capable of simultaneously emitting two wireless signals of the electromagnetic waves and the ultrasonic waves are adopted; according to a logarithm-normal model, the electromagnetic waves are utilized to measure the distance between the mobile nodes and anchor nodes; and according to the TOF (time of flight) distance measurement principle, the ultrasonic waves are utilized to measure the distances between the mobile nodes and the wall of the roadway and the distances between the mobile nodes and the bottom surface of the roadway. Therefore, a simple algorithm is utilized to directly obtain the position coordinates of the mobile nodes so as to realize the accurate positioning. The underground electromagnetic-wave ultrasound united positioning system and method are high in positioning accuracy, low in cost and less in energy consumption; and the structures of the system equipment are simple.