The invention provides a travel control apparatus for a vehicle, which is capable of preventing vehicle behavior and steering control from becoming unstable and performing travel control with improved stability even when travelling on a road having a rutted road surface. A target course over a road surface on which a vehicle is to travel is set as a first course on the basis of map information, the target course over the road surface on which the vehicle is to travel is set as a second course or a third course on the basis of rut information, the first course is compared with the second and third courses, and the target course over the road surface on which the vehicle is to travel is set on the basis of traveling road information and the rut information.