Disclosed is an apparatus and method for near field communication in an ultra wideband (UWB). An apparatus for near field communication in an UWB may include a determiner to determine the number of repetitions of a first sequence in each of n preambles, n denoting a natural number, and a processor to generate n short preambles by repeatedly arranging the first sequence based on the determined number of repetitions, and to generate the n preambles by arranging a long preamble with respect to each of the generated n short preambles.