Highly uniform multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) were synthesized using templ ate confining growth technique in combination with high temperature annealing. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images show that the morphology and dimensi on of raw carbon nanotubes (CNTs) synthesized by template confining growth techn ique is completely controlled by the template structure. Transmission electron m icroscopy (TEM) and x-ray powder diffraction (XRD) studies reveal that the tube wall has a mixed structure of amorphous carbon and graphite nanocrystallites. To reduce crystallite defects and the content of amorphous carbon, a series of hig h temperature annealing (1100—2400℃) of the raw CNTs were carried out. In addi tion, the tube wall crystallization behavior under high temperature was prelimin arily studied. The experiment results show that high temperature annealing is an effective way to improve the quality of MWCNTs.