The invention relates to an interpolation transformation and beam forming-based far-field coherent signal DOA estimation method. According to the method, firstly, an interpolation matrix is adopted to convert a non-uniform linear array covariance matrix into a covariance matrix of a virtual uniform linear array. Data on the covariance matrix of the virtual array are subjected to noise pre-whitening to obtain img file = 'DDA 00013602494400000000000011.T'wi = '67 'he = '71 '. After that, img file = 'DDA 00013602494400000000000011.T'wi = '43 'he = '70 ' is subjected to spatial smoothing treatment to resolve the phase coherence, so that a coherence-resolved data covariance matrix is obtained. The coherence-resolved data covariance matrix is processed through constructing a cost function, and then the estimated value of the DOA of a far-field coherent signal is obtained. According to the invention, on the premise that the precision is guaranteed, the operations of feature decomposition, frequency spectrum searching and the like which are complicated in operation, can be avoided. The method is low in calculation complexity, simple and effective. Meanwhile, based on the method, the application range is popularized from a uniform linear array to any linear array, and from a non-coherent signal source to a coherent signal source. Therefore, the method is wider in application range.