Copper sludge is produced during the production of printed circuit boards. The leaching of copper from the sludge by the NH3-(NH4)2SO4 system was studied. First, the mass contents of heavy metals in the sludge were determined. With few contents of other metals, the content of copper was 33.500%. The effect of concentrations of NH3-(NH4)2SO4, pH, leaching time, liquid/solid ratio and temperature were investigated. The optimum leaching conditions were found when the ammonia/ammonium sulfate concentrations were 3.0mol/L and 1.5mol/L, the leaching time was 180min, the liquid/solid ratio was 20mL/g, and the temperature was 25℃. Under these conditions, about 97.5% of the copper was effectively leached, and the relative standard deviation(RSD) was 0.63%.