The undoped and 1%, 2% and 3% Cd doped MgO nanostructures were grown by SILAR method on the soda lime glass substrate. X-ray diffractometer (XRD), ultraviolet-visible spectrometer, scanning electron microscope (SEM), photoluminesans (PL), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) measurements were taken to investigate Cd doping effects on the structural, optical and morphological properties of MgO nanostructures. XRD measurements show that the samples have cubic structure and the planes of (200), (220)