The disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for selecting a modulation and coding scheme (MCS). According to the interference plus noise power of a measuring sub-frame, a receiver adjusts the range of an average Carrier to Interference Plus Noise Ratio (CINR) in a reference MCS parameter; according to the average interference plus noise power of the measuring sub-frame in a predetermined period, the receiver calculates and obtains the average CINR in the predetermined period; based on the calculated and obtained average CINR in the predetermined period, the receiver determines MCS information by comparing the adjusted range of the average CINR. Thus the influence of the channel condition changes on the dynamic MCS selection is eliminated.