A new rapid and simple spectrophotometric method for the determination of scandium with chrome Azurol S cetylpyridinium chloride in ammoniacal medium was studied. This method based on the coloration of scandium-chrome azurol S-cpc ternary complex can be applied in the concentration range of 0- 12ug/25m1 of Sc203. It showed an absorption maximum at 530nm in a pH range ≥10 aad its apparent molar absorptivity is 5.7 × 104. The PMBP extraction was used to separate most accompanying elements, and the interference of the resi- dual ions were eliminataed by adding suitable masking agents.