Uranium-gadolinium mixed oxides of four different compositions, (U 1-y Gd y) O 2±x (y = 0.1, 0.2, 0.5, and 0.8), were synthesized. Single-phase fluorite structure was observed for the compositions (U 1-y Gd y) O 2±x (y = 0.1, 0.2, and 0.5). The room temperature lattice constants measured for (U 0.9 Gd 0.1) O 2.02 , (U 0.8 Gd 0.2) O 2.00 , and (U 0.5 Gd 0.5) O 1.98 are 0.5463, 0.5454, and 0.5433 nm, respectively. Heat capacity measurements in the temperature range 298-800 K were carried out using a differential scanning calorimetry. Considerable anomalous increases in the heat capacity values were observed for compositions (U 1-y Gd y) O 2±x with y = 0.1, 0.2, and 0.5. The heat capacity values of (U 0.9 Gd 0.1) O 2.02 , (U 0.8 Gd 0.2) O 2.00 , and (U 0.5 Gd 0.5) O 1.98 at 298 K are 63.5, 61.1, and 65.7, respectively. Thermal expansion characteristics of (U 0.9 Gd 0.1) O 2.02 , (U 0.8 Gd 0.2) O 2.00 , and (U 0.5 Gd 0.5) O 1.98 were studied using a high temperature X-ray diffraction in the temperature range 298-1973 K.