A maglev motor having: a stator configured by a magnetic bearing unit, and a bridge unit; and a donut-shaped rotor arranged between the magnetic bearing unit and a motor unit, wherein the motor unit includes a motor yoke having a plurality of projected poles arranged in a direction of a diameter of the motor unit, and a coil close-wound around the projected poles, and the rotor includes, on the radially inner side thereof, a plurality of motor permanent magnets opposite the motor yoke, and characterized in that the magnetic bearing unit includes magnetic bearing yokes wherein each magnetic bearing yoke includes two projected poles (6, 7) opposite each other near either axial end portions of the radially outer side of the rotor, wherein a magnetic bearing coil is close-wound around a first one of the two projected poles, and a first permanent magnet is provided on a second one of the two projected poles such that an electromagnet is configured by each first projected pole and each second projected pole and; said magnetic bearing yokes are provided circularly at equal intervals such that the first projected pole and the second projected pole are provided facing the radially outer side of the rotor with the same magnetic pole, and predetermined clearance is made on one side of the rotor axial end portion and the bridge unit for connecting the magnetic bearing unit to the motor unit and the projected poles, and the bridge unit includes bridge yokes connecting the magnetic bearing unit to the motor unit, wherein second permanent magnets (9a, 9b, 9c, 9d) are arranged between the second projected poles of the magnetic bearing yokes and the bridge yokes, and wherein the bridge yokes extend towards the direction of the motor unit from the second permanent magnets and a third cylindrical permanent magnet is provided between the motor yoke and the bridge yokes in the vicinity of the point where the bridge yokes cross one another, wherein; the magnetic poles of the magnetic bearing unit side of the second permanent magnets (9a, 9b, 9c, 9d) have an opposite polarity to that of the rotor side of the first permanent magnets, and the magnetic pole of the motor unit side of the third permanent magnet is opposite in polarity to the magnetic pole on the magnetic bearing unit side of the second permanent magnet (9a, 9b, 9c, 9d). a stator configured by a magnetic bearing unit, and a bridge unit; and a donut-shaped rotor arranged between the magnetic bearing unit and a motor unit, wherein the motor unit includes a motor yoke having a plurality of projected poles arranged in a direction of a diameter of the motor unit, and a coil close-wound around the projected poles, and the rotor includes, on the radially inner side thereof, a plurality of motor permanent magnets opposite the motor yoke, and characterized in that the magnetic bearing unit includes magnetic bearing yokes wherein each magnetic bearing yoke includes two projected poles (6, 7) opposite each other near either axial end portions of the radially outer side of the rotor, wherein a magnetic bearing coil is close-wound around a first one of the two projected poles, and a first permanent magnet is provided on a second one of the two projected poles such that an electromagnet is configured by each first projected pole and each second projected pole and; said magnetic bearing yokes are provided circularly at equal intervals such that the first projected pole and the second projected pole are provided facing the radially outer side of the rotor with the same magnetic pole, and predetermined clearance is made on one side of the rotor axial end portion and the bridge unit for connecting the magnetic bearing unit to the motor unit and the projected poles, and the bridge unit includes bridge yokes connecting the magnetic bearing unit to the motor unit, wherein second permanent magnets (9a, 9b, 9c, 9d) are arranged between the second projected poles of the magnetic bearing yokes and the bridge yokes, and wherein the bridge yokes extend towards the direction of the motor unit from the second permanent magnets and a third cylindrical permanent magnet is provided between the motor yoke and the bridge yokes in the vicinity of the point where the bridge yokes cross one another, wherein; the magnetic poles of the magnetic bearing unit side of the second permanent magnets (9a, 9b, 9c, 9d) have an opposite polarity to that of the rotor side of the first permanent magnets, and the magnetic pole of the motor unit side of the third permanent magnet is opposite in polarity to the magnetic pole on the magnetic bearing unit side of the second permanent magnet (9a, 9b, 9c, 9d).