ZrO2(3Y) precursor which uniformly mixed with Y2O3 was prepared via hydrous-zirconia, which was prepared by microwave heating, coated with Y(OH)(3) by heterogeneous nucleation processing. After ZrO2(3Y) precursor was calcined, its phase structure was analyzed by XRD. It was found that m-ZrO2 didn't exist in ZrO2(3Y) powder at room temperature. The results indicated that Y2O3 can uniformly be added in ZrO2 by coating means and the amount of metastable t-ZrO2 in ZrO2(3Y) powder can be increased.