The disclosure discloses a method and terminal for transmitting uplink control information. The method includes: coding the uplink control information required to be transmitted and data information corresponding to one or two transport blocks respectively, obtaining an encoded sequence according to a target length, and forming a corresponding coded modulation sequence from the encoded sequence according to a modulation mode (401); interleaving the obtained coded modulation sequence, and transmitting the interleaved coded modulation sequence on a layer corresponding to a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) (402). By adopting the method and terminal according to the disclosure the transmission of uplink control information with greater bits on the PUSCH is realized. The disclosure also provides a method for determining a number of code symbols required in each layer when transmitting uplink control information on the PUSCH, thus the purpose of determining a number of code symbols required in each layer when transmitting uplink control information on the PUSCH is realized.