A novel composite material of copper (I) oxide at manganese (IV) oxide (Cu 2 O@MnO 2 ), was synthesized and applied for modification on the glassy carbon electrode (GCE) surface (Cu 2 O@MnO 2 /GCE) as a hydrogen peroxide (H 2 O 2 ) sensor. The composite material was characterized regarding its structural and morphological properties, using field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). The Cu 2 O@MnO 2 /GCE showed an excellent electrocatalytic response to the oxidation of H 2 O 2 which provided a 0.56 s À1 charge transfer rate constant (K s ), 1.65 3 10 À5 cm 2 s À1 diffusion coefficient value (D), 0.12 mm 2 electroactive surface area (A e ) and 1.04 3 10 À8 mol cm À2 surface concentration (g). At the optimal condition, the constructed sensor exhibited a wide linear range from 0.5 mM to 20 mM with a low limit of detection (63 nM, (S/N = 3) and a good sensitivity of 256.33 mA mM À1 cm À2 . It also presented high stability (DI response AE 15 %, n = 100), repeatability (1.25 %RSD, n = 10) and reproducibility (3.55 %RSD, n = 10). The results indicated that the synthesized Cu 2 O@MnO 2 was successfully used as a new platform for H 2 O 2 sensing.