The invention discloses a method for synthesizing L-tryptophan by immobilized enzyme. In the method, immobilized tryptophanase is taken as an enzyme source, L-cysteine and indole are taken as substrates, the L-tryptophan is produced through enzymatic conversion, the immobilized enzyme is removed through filtration, and the L-cysteine is obtained through further separation. In the method, the tryptophanase is immobilized through GE resin, and the optimized catalysis reaction conditions are that: the pH is 8.5, the reaction time is 3 hours, the concentration of the substrates is 10g/L of L-cysteine and 10g/L of indole, the cell concentration of the enzyme source is 20mL/L, and the concentration of phosphopyridoxal coenzyme is 0.15g/L. Under the optimum reaction conditions, the conversion rate of the cysteine substrate is 81.5 percent. Because the immobilized enzyme is adopted for direct enzymatic synthesis, the method is easy and convenient to implement, high in catalysis efficiency and low in fermentation cost, and the products are easy to separate; therefore, the method has good industrial prospect in the field of industrial production of L-tryptophan.