Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a random access method, a terminal, and a base station. The method includes: receiving, by a terminal (UE), configuration information of random access resources from a base station, where the configuration information of the random access resource includes: configuration information of a first random access resource received from the base station using a system broadcast and configuration information of a second random access resource received from the base station by using downlink control information (DCI); selecting, by the UE, a random access resource from the first random access resource and the second random access resource according to a random access rule and the configuration information of the random access resources; and initiating, by the UE, random access according to the selected random access resource.