The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing copper nanoparticles and copper nanoparticles thus manufactured, in particular, to a method for manufacturing copper nanoparticles, wherein the method includes producing mixture by mixing one or more copper salt selected from a group consisting of CuCl2, Cu(NO3)2, CuSO4, (CH3COO)2Cu and Cu(acac)2 (copper acetyloacetate) with fatty acid and dissociating; and reacting the mixture by heating and copper nanoparticle.According to the present invention, copper nanoparticles can be synthesized in a uniform size and a high concentration using general copper salt as a copper precursor material in non-aqueous system without designing precursor material. The present invention is not only environment-friendly, but also economical as highly expensive equipment is not demanded.