An externally arranged ultrahigh frequency partial discharge detection sensor comprises a metal shielding outer shell, a microstrip antenna and a coaxial cable connector. The metal shielding outer shell is a box body with an opening at the bottom, and the lower bottom edge of the long side wall is arc-shaped. The microstrip antenna is arranged in the metal shielding outer shell and is a rectangular paster antenna. Long edges of a conductor paster are respectively provided with an inward concave arc notch, arc notches are symmetrically arranged using a geometric center of the conductor paster as a symcenter, the microstrip antenna is arranged in the metal shielding outer shell through a dielectric substrate, and an earth plate of the microstrip antenna is a metal shielding outer shell. An integrated circuit board is arranged in the metal shielding outer shell. A low noise amplifying circuit connected with the microstrip antenna, a detector circuit, an amplifying circuit which outputs signals through the coaxial cable connector, and a power supply circuit are arranged on the integrated circuit board. The externally arranged ultrahigh frequency partial discharge detection sensor integrates the microstrip antenna, the integrated circuit board and the shielding outer shell, and is high in sensitivity, small in signal distortion, good in signal-to-noise ratio characteristic, and capable of keeping characteristic information of partial discharge signals to the maximum limit.