The invention provides a gold 
ion imprinting magnetic adsorbent as well as a preparation method and application thereof. The adsorbent is prepared from a magnetic Fe3O4 core, a SiO2 layer, an MPS 
coating layer and a PVIM modified IIP 
coating layer, wherein the outside of the magnetic Fe3O4 core is sequentially wrapped by the SiO2 layer, the MPS 
coating layer and the PVIM modified IIP coating layer, and the IIP coating layer is in bond connection with imidazolyl. The preparation method of the adsorbent comprises the following steps: utilizing a magnetic Fe3O4 nano particle as the core and preparing Fe3O4SiO2MPS with a core-shell structure by utilizing a 
silica gel coupling method and utilizing TEOS and MPS as 
coupling agents; triggering 
polymerization reaction by utilizing a surface imprinting technology and combining free radical, utilizing Au(III) as a formwork 
ion, VIM as a 
functional monomer, EGDMA as a cross-linking agent and AIBN as an initiator, and synthesizing PVIM functionalized PVIM-Au-IIP on the surface of the MNPs to obtain a magnetic material coated with the IIP coating layer; utilizing an HCl solution containing 
thiourea to clean the material and removing the formwork 
ion to obtain the gold ion imprinting magnetic adsorbent. The synthesis 
sketch map of the adsorbent is shown in the description. The method can be used for simply and efficiently preparing the adsorbent which has 
high selectivity, high adsorption capacity and quick 
adsorption kinetic performance to Au(III), and the adsorbent has a good application prospect in the field of Au(III) adsorption.