The effects of heavy rare earth (RE) additions on the Curie temperature (T C) and magnetocaloric effect of the Fe-RE-B-Nb (RE ¼ Gd, Dy and Ho) bulk metallic glasses were studied. The type of dopping RE element and its concentration can easily tune T C in a large temperature range of 120 K without significantly decreasing the magnetic entropy change (DS M) and refrigerant capacity (RC) of the alloys. The observed values of DS M and RC of these alloys compare favorably with those of recently reported Fe-based metallic glasses with enhanced RC compared to Gd 5 Ge 1.9 Si 2 Fe 0.1. The tunable T C and large glass-forming ability of these RE doped Fe-based bulk metallic glasses can be used in a wide temperature range with the final required shapes. V