Abstract: The research on the generated cutting heat and cooling strategies plays a crucial role in the optimization of process parameters and the control of hole's surface quality in drilling of fiber reinforced composite (FRC). In this paper, the review and prospect on the drilling heat during drilling FRC is systematically analyzed and summarized from three aspects: The theoretical research of drilling heat, research on the influence of drilling heat on machining quality, influencing factors and control strategies of drilling heat during drilling. Firstly, the theoretical research of drilling heat formation mechanism, heat conduction and heat damage prediction, and numerical simulation of cutting heat in FRC drilling process were summarized. Then, the main measurement methods of FRC drilling heat and the effect of cutting heat on the quality of hole machining were introduced. Meanwhile, the influencing factors of cutting heat and its auxiliary processing methods to control FRC drilling heat were discussed. Finally, the current existing problems and key points on the next study of FRC drilling heat were summarized.