A substrate carrying apparatus that can reduce attachment of dust to substrates can be provided. The substrate carrying apparatus 1 of the present embodiment includes a carrying arm 2 for carrying a substrate, a column 32 standing up from a base body 31 with fixed angle, an upper link 33 which supports the carrying arm 2 at one end, which is rotatably connected to the column 32, and which moves the carrying arm 2 up and down in accordance with a rotation, a lower link 34 which is connected to be rotatable around an axis in parallel with a rotation axis of the upper link 33 as a center below a portion of the column 32 connected to the upper link 33, a connection link 35 which is rotatably connected to the upper link 33 and the lower link 34 so that the upper link 33 rotates in accordance with a rotation of the lower link 34, and a driving unit 4 which rotates the lower link 34.