The invention relates to a method for hydrogenation preparing isobutyl acohol from methacrolein, which comprises selecting a supported metal catalyst, and hydrogenating methacrolein obtained by oxidating isobutene under gentle conditions. The invention proposes a novel isobutyl acohol synthesis process, i.e., a process of hydrogenation preparing isobutyl acohol from methacrolein which is obtained by air-oxidating low-utilization C4 material isobutene. The methacrolein conversion rate is larger than 97.8%, the total selectivity of isobutyl acohol is larger than 95.9%, the performance of the catalyst is stable even the reaction lasts more than 1200 hours. The invention has the advantages of high activity and high selectivity of catalyst, good stability of catalyst, cheap material isobutene, low productin cost of isobutene, environment-protecting process, and suitability of industrialisation production.