The objective of this study was to find optimum pretreatment conditions of ozone and microwave for solubilizationof thickened waste activated sludge (TWAS). Response surface analysis was applied to determine the combination of ozoneconcentration (0.03 to 0.1g O3/g total solid (TS)) and microwave temperature (100~170oC). The temperature significantlyaffected the solubilization degree of sludge (p<0.01). Within the design boundaries, the conditions predicted to maximizethe solubilization degree of 41.6% were determined to be 0.065g O3/g TS and 170oC. On the other hand, the solubilizationdegree with the ozone pretreatment alone was 2.7 to 12.2% at 0.03~0.1g O3/g TS. The results show that the combinationof ozone and microwave pretreatments is effective in solubilization of TWAS.