The present invention proposes an ultrasonic wave linear motor constituted in such a way that an oscillatory element for making oscillation in a direction crossing the shaft line of an oscillatory member is attached to the oscillatory member made of an elastic body formed in a rod shape and a driven body capable of making free relative movement in a direction crossing the shaft line in relation to the above oscillatory member is arranged to abut the end of the above oscillatory member, and also proposes such a driving process that, the ultrasonic wave linear motor makes linear movement by exciting flexural oscillation and longitudinal oscillation on the above oscillatory member by means of the oscillation of an oscillatory element so that an elliptical oscillation composed of flexural oscillation and longitudinal oscillation may take place on the surface of the oscillatory member in contact with the driven body. The present invention also proposes a process for driving the oscillation frequency of the oscillatory element by means of the resonance frequency of the oscillatory member as the most efficient driving process in view of energy.