A method for recovering scandium, comprising: the leaching step of obtaining a leachate and leach residue by solid-liquid separation under high temperature and high pressure after charging a nickel oxide ore containing scandium, aluminum and chromium into a pressure vessel with sulfuric acid, the neutralization step of obtaining neutralized sediment and a post-neutralization solution by adding a neutralizer to the leachate, the sulfuration step of, by adding a sulfidizing agent to the post-neutralization solution, separating the liquid into nickel sulfide and a post-sulfuration solution, the ion exchange step of obtaining a scandium eluent by bringing the post-sulfuration solution into contact with a chelate resin to adsorb the scandium on the chelate resin, the solvent extraction step of obtaining a stripping solution by bringing the scandium eluent into contact with an extraction agent, the scandium precipitation step of obtaining precipitates by adding a neutralizer or oxalic acid to the stripping solution, and the roasting step of obtaining scandium oxide by drying and roasting the precipitates, wherein the chelate resin is a resin having iminodiacetic acid as a functional group, and the ion exchange step comprises: the adsorption step of adsorbing the scandium on the chelate resin by bringing the post-sulfuration solution into contact with the chelate resin, the aluminum removal step of removing aluminum, which has been adsorbed on the chelate resin in the adsorption step, by bringing the chelate resin, which has adsorbed scandium in the adsorption step, into contact with 0.1 N or less sulfuric acid, the scandium elution step of obtaining the scandium eluent by bringing the chelate resin after the aluminum removal step into contact with from 0.3 N or more to less than 3 N sulfuric acid, and the chromium removal step of removing chromium, which has been adsorbed on the chelate resin in the adsorption step, by bringing the chelate resin after the scandium elution step into contact with 3 N or more sulfuric acid. the leaching step of obtaining a leachate and leach residue by solid-liquid separation under high temperature and high pressure after charging a nickel oxide ore containing scandium, aluminum and chromium into a pressure vessel with sulfuric acid, the neutralization step of obtaining neutralized sediment and a post-neutralization solution by adding a neutralizer to the leachate, the sulfuration step of, by adding a sulfidizing agent to the post-neutralization solution, separating the liquid into nickel sulfide and a post-sulfuration solution, the ion exchange step of obtaining a scandium eluent by bringing the post-sulfuration solution into contact with a chelate resin to adsorb the scandium on the chelate resin, the solvent extraction step of obtaining a stripping solution by bringing the scandium eluent into contact with an extraction agent, the scandium precipitation step of obtaining precipitates by adding a neutralizer or oxalic acid to the stripping solution, and the roasting step of obtaining scandium oxide by drying and roasting the precipitates, wherein the chelate resin is a resin having iminodiacetic acid as a functional group, and the ion exchange step comprises: the adsorption step of adsorbing the scandium on the chelate resin by bringing the post-sulfuration solution into contact with the chelate resin, the aluminum removal step of removing aluminum, which has been adsorbed on the chelate resin in the adsorption step, by bringing the chelate resin, which has adsorbed scandium in the adsorption step, into contact with 0.1 N or less sulfuric acid, the scandium elution step of obtaining the scandium eluent by bringing the chelate resin after the aluminum removal step into contact with from 0.3 N or more to less than 3 N sulfuric acid, and the chromium removal step of removing chromium, which has been adsorbed on the chelate resin in the adsorption step, by bringing the chelate resin after the scandium elution step into contact with 3 N or more sulfuric acid. the adsorption step of adsorbing the scandium on the chelate resin by bringing the post-sulfuration solution into contact with the chelate resin, the aluminum removal step of removing aluminum, which has been adsorbed on the chelate resin in the adsorption step, by bringing the chelate resin, which has adsorbed scandium in the adsorption step, into contact with 0.1 N or less sulfuric acid, the scandium elution step of obtaining the scandium eluent by bringing the chelate resin after the aluminum removal step into contact with from 0.3 N or more to less than 3 N sulfuric acid, and the chromium removal step of removing chromium, which has been adsorbed on the chelate resin in the adsorption step, by bringing the chelate resin after the scandium elution step into contact with 3 N or more sulfuric acid.