An MRI apparatus in which a magnetic field is applied to a subject, a receiver coil attached to the subject receives a magnetic resonance signal generated in the subject, and a magnetic resonance image of the subject is generated from the magnetic resonance signal, the apparatus comprising a gantry which comprises a magnetic-field generating unit for generating the magnetic field, a determining unit which determines the type of the receiver coil, a first memory unit which stores data items representing a plurality of methods of attaching various receiver coils, each method designated for one receiver coil, and a monitor which is provided on the gantry and which displays one of the methods stored in the first memory unit, which pertains to the receiver coil whose type has been determined by the determining unit.