diff --git a/pkg/apis/work/v1alpha2/binding_types_helper.go b/pkg/apis/work/v1alpha2/binding_types_helper.go
index e89723c20..dc764840f 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/work/v1alpha2/binding_types_helper.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/work/v1alpha2/binding_types_helper.go
@@ -204,3 +204,12 @@ func (s *ResourceBindingSpec) SchedulingSuspended() bool {
 
 	return *s.Suspension.Scheduling
 }
+
+// SchedulePriorityValue returns the scheduling priority declared
+// by '.spec.SchedulePriority.Priority'.
+func (s *ResourceBindingSpec) SchedulePriorityValue() int32 {
+	if s.SchedulePriority == nil {
+		return 0
+	}
+	return s.SchedulePriority.Priority
+}
diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/event_handler.go b/pkg/scheduler/event_handler.go
index 5abddb1f7..efccc0bbe 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/event_handler.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/event_handler.go
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ import (
 	clusterv1alpha1 "github.com/karmada-io/karmada/pkg/apis/cluster/v1alpha1"
 	policyv1alpha1 "github.com/karmada-io/karmada/pkg/apis/policy/v1alpha1"
 	workv1alpha2 "github.com/karmada-io/karmada/pkg/apis/work/v1alpha2"
+	"github.com/karmada-io/karmada/pkg/features"
+	internalqueue "github.com/karmada-io/karmada/pkg/scheduler/internal/queue"
 	"github.com/karmada-io/karmada/pkg/scheduler/metrics"
 	"github.com/karmada-io/karmada/pkg/util"
 	"github.com/karmada-io/karmada/pkg/util/fedinformer"
@@ -117,14 +119,41 @@ func (s *Scheduler) resourceBindingEventFilter(obj interface{}) bool {
 		util.GetLabelValue(accessor.GetLabels(), workv1alpha2.BindingManagedByLabel) != ""
 }
 
-func (s *Scheduler) onResourceBindingAdd(obj interface{}) {
-	key, err := cache.MetaNamespaceKeyFunc(obj)
-	if err != nil {
-		klog.Errorf("couldn't get key for object %#v: %v", obj, err)
-		return
+func newQueuedBindingInfo(obj interface{}) *internalqueue.QueuedBindingInfo {
+	switch t := obj.(type) {
+	case *workv1alpha2.ResourceBinding:
+		return &internalqueue.QueuedBindingInfo{
+			NamespacedKey: cache.ObjectName{Namespace: t.GetNamespace(), Name: t.GetName()}.String(),
+			Priority:      t.Spec.SchedulePriorityValue(),
+		}
+	case *workv1alpha2.ClusterResourceBinding:
+		return &internalqueue.QueuedBindingInfo{
+			NamespacedKey: t.GetName(),
+			Priority:      t.Spec.SchedulePriorityValue(),
+		}
 	}
 
-	s.queue.Add(key)
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (s *Scheduler) onResourceBindingAdd(obj interface{}) {
+	if features.FeatureGate.Enabled(features.PriorityBasedScheduling) {
+		bindingInfo := newQueuedBindingInfo(obj)
+		if bindingInfo == nil {
+			// shouldn't happen
+			klog.Errorf("couldn't convert to QueuedBindingInfo %#v", obj)
+			return
+		}
+
+		s.priorityQueue.Push(bindingInfo)
+	} else {
+		key, err := cache.MetaNamespaceKeyFunc(obj)
+		if err != nil {
+			klog.Errorf("couldn't get key for object %#v: %v", obj, err)
+			return
+		}
+		s.queue.Add(key)
+	}
 	metrics.CountSchedulerBindings(metrics.BindingAdd)
 }
 
@@ -150,35 +179,62 @@ func (s *Scheduler) onResourceBindingUpdate(old, cur interface{}) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	key, err := cache.MetaNamespaceKeyFunc(cur)
-	if err != nil {
-		klog.Errorf("couldn't get key for object %#v: %v", cur, err)
-		return
-	}
+	if features.FeatureGate.Enabled(features.PriorityBasedScheduling) {
+		bindingInfo := newQueuedBindingInfo(cur)
+		if bindingInfo == nil {
+			// shouldn't happen
+			klog.Errorf("couldn't convert to QueuedBindingInfo %#v", cur)
+			return
+		}
 
-	s.queue.Add(key)
+		s.priorityQueue.Push(bindingInfo)
+	} else {
+		key, err := cache.MetaNamespaceKeyFunc(cur)
+		if err != nil {
+			klog.Errorf("couldn't get key for object %#v: %v", cur, err)
+			return
+		}
+
+		s.queue.Add(key)
+	}
 	metrics.CountSchedulerBindings(metrics.BindingUpdate)
 }
 
 func (s *Scheduler) onResourceBindingRequeue(binding *workv1alpha2.ResourceBinding, event string) {
-	key, err := cache.MetaNamespaceKeyFunc(binding)
-	if err != nil {
-		klog.Errorf("couldn't get key for ResourceBinding(%s/%s): %v", binding.Namespace, binding.Name, err)
-		return
-	}
 	klog.Infof("Requeue ResourceBinding(%s/%s) due to event(%s).", binding.Namespace, binding.Name, event)
-	s.queue.Add(key)
+	if features.FeatureGate.Enabled(features.PriorityBasedScheduling) {
+		s.priorityQueue.Push(&internalqueue.QueuedBindingInfo{
+			NamespacedKey: cache.ObjectName{Namespace: binding.Namespace, Name: binding.Name}.String(),
+			Priority:      binding.Spec.SchedulePriorityValue(),
+		})
+	} else {
+		key, err := cache.MetaNamespaceKeyFunc(binding)
+		if err != nil {
+			klog.Errorf("couldn't get key for ResourceBinding(%s/%s): %v", binding.Namespace, binding.Name, err)
+			return
+		}
+		klog.Infof("Requeue ResourceBinding(%s/%s) due to event(%s).", binding.Namespace, binding.Name, event)
+		s.queue.Add(key)
+	}
 	metrics.CountSchedulerBindings(event)
 }
 
 func (s *Scheduler) onClusterResourceBindingRequeue(clusterResourceBinding *workv1alpha2.ClusterResourceBinding, event string) {
-	key, err := cache.MetaNamespaceKeyFunc(clusterResourceBinding)
-	if err != nil {
-		klog.Errorf("couldn't get key for ClusterResourceBinding(%s): %v", clusterResourceBinding.Name, err)
-		return
-	}
 	klog.Infof("Requeue ClusterResourceBinding(%s) due to event(%s).", clusterResourceBinding.Name, event)
-	s.queue.Add(key)
+	if features.FeatureGate.Enabled(features.PriorityBasedScheduling) {
+		s.priorityQueue.Push(&internalqueue.QueuedBindingInfo{
+			NamespacedKey: clusterResourceBinding.Name,
+			Priority:      clusterResourceBinding.Spec.SchedulePriorityValue(),
+		})
+	} else {
+		key, err := cache.MetaNamespaceKeyFunc(clusterResourceBinding)
+		if err != nil {
+			klog.Errorf("couldn't get key for ClusterResourceBinding(%s): %v", clusterResourceBinding.Name, err)
+			return
+		}
+		klog.Infof("Requeue ClusterResourceBinding(%s) due to event(%s).", clusterResourceBinding.Name, event)
+		s.queue.Add(key)
+	}
 	metrics.CountSchedulerBindings(event)
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/internal/heap/heap.go b/pkg/scheduler/internal/heap/heap.go
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..86b38da19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/internal/heap/heap.go
@@ -0,0 +1,249 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2018 The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+// Below is the implementation of the a heap. The logic is pretty much the same
+// as cache.heap, however, this heap does not perform synchronization. It leaves
+// synchronization to the SchedulingQueue.
+
+// This code is basically lifted from the Kubernetes codebase in order to avoid relying on the k8s.io/kubernetes package.
+// For reference:
+// https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/release-1.32/pkg/scheduler/backend/heap/heap.go
+
+package heap
+
+import (
+	"container/heap"
+	"fmt"
+
+	metrics "github.com/karmada-io/karmada/pkg/scheduler/metrics/queue"
+)
+
+// KeyFunc is a function type to get the key from an object.
+type KeyFunc[T any] func(obj T) string
+
+type heapItem[T any] struct {
+	obj   T   // The object which is stored in the heap.
+	index int // The index of the object's key in the Heap.queue.
+}
+
+type itemKeyValue[T any] struct {
+	key string
+	obj T
+}
+
+// data is an internal struct that implements the standard heap interface
+// and keeps the data stored in the heap.
+type data[T any] struct {
+	// items is a map from key of the objects to the objects and their index.
+	// We depend on the property that items in the map are in the queue and vice versa.
+	items map[string]*heapItem[T]
+	// queue implements a heap data structure and keeps the order of elements
+	// according to the heap invariant. The queue keeps the keys of objects stored
+	// in "items".
+	queue []string
+
+	// keyFunc is used to make the key used for queued item insertion and retrieval, and
+	// should be deterministic.
+	keyFunc KeyFunc[T]
+	// lessFunc is used to compare two objects in the heap.
+	lessFunc LessFunc[T]
+}
+
+var (
+	_ = heap.Interface(&data[any]{}) // heapData is a standard heap
+)
+
+// Less compares two objects and returns true if the first one should go
+// in front of the second one in the heap.
+func (h *data[T]) Less(i, j int) bool {
+	if i > len(h.queue) || j > len(h.queue) {
+		return false
+	}
+	itemi, ok := h.items[h.queue[i]]
+	if !ok {
+		return false
+	}
+	itemj, ok := h.items[h.queue[j]]
+	if !ok {
+		return false
+	}
+	return h.lessFunc(itemi.obj, itemj.obj)
+}
+
+// Len returns the number of items in the Heap.
+func (h *data[T]) Len() int { return len(h.queue) }
+
+// Swap implements swapping of two elements in the heap. This is a part of standard
+// heap interface and should never be called directly.
+func (h *data[T]) Swap(i, j int) {
+	if i < 0 || j < 0 {
+		return
+	}
+	h.queue[i], h.queue[j] = h.queue[j], h.queue[i]
+	item := h.items[h.queue[i]]
+	item.index = i
+	item = h.items[h.queue[j]]
+	item.index = j
+}
+
+// Push is supposed to be called by container/heap.Push only.
+func (h *data[T]) Push(kv interface{}) {
+	keyValue := kv.(*itemKeyValue[T])
+	n := len(h.queue)
+	h.items[keyValue.key] = &heapItem[T]{keyValue.obj, n}
+	h.queue = append(h.queue, keyValue.key)
+}
+
+// Pop is supposed to be called by container/heap.Pop only.
+func (h *data[T]) Pop() interface{} {
+	if len(h.queue) == 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	key := h.queue[len(h.queue)-1]
+	h.queue = h.queue[0 : len(h.queue)-1]
+	item, ok := h.items[key]
+	if !ok {
+		// This is an error
+		return nil
+	}
+	delete(h.items, key)
+	return item.obj
+}
+
+// Peek returns the head of the heap without removing it.
+func (h *data[T]) Peek() (T, bool) {
+	if len(h.queue) > 0 {
+		return h.items[h.queue[0]].obj, true
+	}
+	var zero T
+	return zero, false
+}
+
+// Heap is a producer/consumer queue that implements a heap data structure.
+// It can be used to implement priority queues and similar data structures.
+type Heap[T any] struct {
+	// data stores objects and has a queue that keeps their ordering according
+	// to the heap invariant.
+	data *data[T]
+	// metricRecorder updates the counter when elements of a heap get added or
+	// removed, and it does nothing if it's nil
+	metricRecorder metrics.MetricRecorder
+}
+
+// AddOrUpdate inserts an item, and puts it in the queue. The item is updated if it
+// already exists.
+func (h *Heap[T]) AddOrUpdate(obj T) {
+	key := h.data.keyFunc(obj)
+	if _, exists := h.data.items[key]; exists {
+		h.data.items[key].obj = obj
+		heap.Fix(h.data, h.data.items[key].index)
+	} else {
+		heap.Push(h.data, &itemKeyValue[T]{key, obj})
+		if h.metricRecorder != nil {
+			h.metricRecorder.Inc()
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// Delete removes an item.
+func (h *Heap[T]) Delete(obj T) error {
+	key := h.data.keyFunc(obj)
+	if item, ok := h.data.items[key]; ok {
+		heap.Remove(h.data, item.index)
+		if h.metricRecorder != nil {
+			h.metricRecorder.Dec()
+		}
+		return nil
+	}
+	return fmt.Errorf("object not found")
+}
+
+// Peek returns the head of the heap without removing it.
+func (h *Heap[T]) Peek() (T, bool) {
+	return h.data.Peek()
+}
+
+// Pop returns the head of the heap and removes it.
+func (h *Heap[T]) Pop() (T, error) {
+	obj := heap.Pop(h.data)
+	if obj != nil {
+		if h.metricRecorder != nil {
+			h.metricRecorder.Dec()
+		}
+		return obj.(T), nil
+	}
+	var zero T
+	return zero, fmt.Errorf("heap is empty")
+}
+
+// Get returns the requested item, or sets exists=false.
+func (h *Heap[T]) Get(obj T) (T, bool) {
+	key := h.data.keyFunc(obj)
+	return h.GetByKey(key)
+}
+
+// GetByKey returns the requested item, or sets exists=false.
+func (h *Heap[T]) GetByKey(key string) (T, bool) {
+	item, exists := h.data.items[key]
+	if !exists {
+		var zero T
+		return zero, false
+	}
+	return item.obj, true
+}
+
+// Has checks if obj exists.
+func (h *Heap[T]) Has(obj T) bool {
+	key := h.data.keyFunc(obj)
+	_, ok := h.GetByKey(key)
+	return ok
+}
+
+// List returns a list of all the items.
+func (h *Heap[T]) List() []T {
+	list := make([]T, 0, len(h.data.items))
+	for _, item := range h.data.items {
+		list = append(list, item.obj)
+	}
+	return list
+}
+
+// Len returns the number of items in the heap.
+func (h *Heap[T]) Len() int {
+	return len(h.data.queue)
+}
+
+// New returns a Heap which can be used to queue up items to process.
+func New[T any](keyFn KeyFunc[T], lessFn LessFunc[T]) *Heap[T] {
+	return NewWithRecorder(keyFn, lessFn, nil)
+}
+
+// NewWithRecorder wraps an optional metricRecorder to compose a Heap object.
+func NewWithRecorder[T any](keyFn KeyFunc[T], lessFn LessFunc[T], metricRecorder metrics.MetricRecorder) *Heap[T] {
+	return &Heap[T]{
+		data: &data[T]{
+			items:    map[string]*heapItem[T]{},
+			queue:    []string{},
+			keyFunc:  keyFn,
+			lessFunc: lessFn,
+		},
+		metricRecorder: metricRecorder,
+	}
+}
+
+// LessFunc is a function that receives two items and returns true if the first
+// item should be placed before the second one when the list is sorted.
+type LessFunc[T any] func(item1, item2 T) bool
diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/internal/heap/heap_test.go b/pkg/scheduler/internal/heap/heap_test.go
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..66f4a89f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/internal/heap/heap_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,307 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2018 The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+// This file was copied from client-go/tools/cache/heap.go and modified
+// for our non thread-safe heap
+
+// This code is basically lifted from the Kubernetes codebase in order to avoid relying on the k8s.io/kubernetes package.
+// For reference:
+// https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/blob/release-1.32/pkg/scheduler/backend/heap/heap_test.go
+
+package heap
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func testHeapObjectKeyFunc(obj testHeapObject) string {
+	return obj.name
+}
+
+type testHeapObject struct {
+	name string
+	val  interface{}
+}
+
+type testMetricRecorder int
+
+func (tmr *testMetricRecorder) Inc() {
+	if tmr != nil {
+		*tmr++
+	}
+}
+
+func (tmr *testMetricRecorder) Dec() {
+	if tmr != nil {
+		*tmr--
+	}
+}
+
+func (tmr *testMetricRecorder) Clear() {
+	if tmr != nil {
+		*tmr = 0
+	}
+}
+
+func mkHeapObj(name string, val interface{}) testHeapObject {
+	return testHeapObject{name: name, val: val}
+}
+
+func compareInts(val1 testHeapObject, val2 testHeapObject) bool {
+	first := val1.val.(int)
+	second := val2.val.(int)
+	return first < second
+}
+
+// TestHeapBasic tests Heap invariant
+func TestHeapBasic(t *testing.T) {
+	h := New(testHeapObjectKeyFunc, compareInts)
+	const amount = 500
+	var i int
+	var zero testHeapObject
+
+	// empty queue
+	if item, ok := h.Peek(); ok || item != zero {
+		t.Errorf("expected nil object but got %v", item)
+	}
+
+	for i = amount; i > 0; i-- {
+		h.AddOrUpdate(mkHeapObj(string([]rune{'a', rune(i)}), i))
+		// Retrieve head without removing it
+		head, ok := h.Peek()
+		if e, a := i, head.val; !ok || a != e {
+			t.Errorf("expected %d, got %d", e, a)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Make sure that the numbers are popped in ascending order.
+	prevNum := 0
+	for i := 0; i < amount; i++ {
+		item, err := h.Pop()
+		num := item.val.(int)
+		// All the items must be sorted.
+		if err != nil || prevNum > num {
+			t.Errorf("got %v out of order, last was %v", item, prevNum)
+		}
+		prevNum = num
+	}
+
+	_, err := h.Pop()
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Errorf("expected Pop() to error on empty heap")
+	}
+}
+
+// TestHeap_AddOrUpdate_Add tests add capabilities of Heap.AddOrUpdate
+// and ensures that heap invariant is preserved after adding items.
+func TestHeap_AddOrUpdate_Add(t *testing.T) {
+	h := New(testHeapObjectKeyFunc, compareInts)
+	h.AddOrUpdate(mkHeapObj("foo", 10))
+	h.AddOrUpdate(mkHeapObj("bar", 1))
+	h.AddOrUpdate(mkHeapObj("baz", 11))
+	h.AddOrUpdate(mkHeapObj("zab", 30))
+	h.AddOrUpdate(mkHeapObj("foo", 13)) // This updates "foo".
+
+	item, err := h.Pop()
+	if e, a := 1, item.val; err != nil || a != e {
+		t.Fatalf("expected %d, got %d", e, a)
+	}
+	item, err = h.Pop()
+	if e, a := 11, item.val; err != nil || a != e {
+		t.Fatalf("expected %d, got %d", e, a)
+	}
+	if err := h.Delete(mkHeapObj("baz", 11)); err == nil { // Nothing is deleted.
+		t.Fatalf("nothing should be deleted from the heap")
+	}
+	h.AddOrUpdate(mkHeapObj("foo", 14)) // foo is updated.
+	item, err = h.Pop()
+	if e, a := 14, item.val; err != nil || a != e {
+		t.Fatalf("expected %d, got %d", e, a)
+	}
+	item, err = h.Pop()
+	if e, a := 30, item.val; err != nil || a != e {
+		t.Fatalf("expected %d, got %d", e, a)
+	}
+}
+
+// TestHeap_Delete tests Heap.Delete and ensures that heap invariant is
+// preserved after deleting items.
+func TestHeap_Delete(t *testing.T) {
+	h := New(testHeapObjectKeyFunc, compareInts)
+	h.AddOrUpdate(mkHeapObj("foo", 10))
+	h.AddOrUpdate(mkHeapObj("bar", 1))
+	h.AddOrUpdate(mkHeapObj("bal", 31))
+	h.AddOrUpdate(mkHeapObj("baz", 11))
+
+	// Delete head. Delete should work with "key" and doesn't care about the value.
+	if err := h.Delete(mkHeapObj("bar", 200)); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to delete head.")
+	}
+	item, err := h.Pop()
+	if e, a := 10, item.val; err != nil || a != e {
+		t.Fatalf("expected %d, got %d", e, a)
+	}
+	h.AddOrUpdate(mkHeapObj("zab", 30))
+	h.AddOrUpdate(mkHeapObj("faz", 30))
+	curLen := h.data.Len()
+	// Delete non-existing item.
+	if err = h.Delete(mkHeapObj("non-existent", 10)); err == nil || curLen != h.data.Len() {
+		t.Fatalf("Didn't expect any item removal")
+	}
+	// Delete tail.
+	if err = h.Delete(mkHeapObj("bal", 31)); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to delete tail.")
+	}
+	// Delete one of the items with value 30.
+	if err = h.Delete(mkHeapObj("zab", 30)); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to delete item.")
+	}
+	item, err = h.Pop()
+	if e, a := 11, item.val; err != nil || a != e {
+		t.Fatalf("expected %d, got %d", e, a)
+	}
+	item, err = h.Pop()
+	if e, a := 30, item.val; err != nil || a != e {
+		t.Fatalf("expected %d, got %d", e, a)
+	}
+	if h.data.Len() != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected an empty heap.")
+	}
+}
+
+// TestHeap_AddOrUpdate_Update tests update capabilities of Heap.Update
+// and ensures that heap invariant is preserved after adding items.
+func TestHeap_AddOrUpdate_Update(t *testing.T) {
+	h := New(testHeapObjectKeyFunc, compareInts)
+	h.AddOrUpdate(mkHeapObj("foo", 10))
+	h.AddOrUpdate(mkHeapObj("bar", 1))
+	h.AddOrUpdate(mkHeapObj("bal", 31))
+	h.AddOrUpdate(mkHeapObj("baz", 11))
+
+	// Update an item to a value that should push it to the head.
+	h.AddOrUpdate(mkHeapObj("baz", 0))
+	if h.data.queue[0] != "baz" || h.data.items["baz"].index != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected baz to be at the head")
+	}
+	item, err := h.Pop()
+	if e, a := 0, item.val; err != nil || a != e {
+		t.Fatalf("expected %d, got %d", e, a)
+	}
+	// Update bar to push it farther back in the queue.
+	h.AddOrUpdate(mkHeapObj("bar", 100))
+	if h.data.queue[0] != "foo" || h.data.items["foo"].index != 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected foo to be at the head")
+	}
+}
+
+// TestHeap_Get tests Heap.Get.
+func TestHeap_Get(t *testing.T) {
+	h := New(testHeapObjectKeyFunc, compareInts)
+	h.AddOrUpdate(mkHeapObj("foo", 10))
+	h.AddOrUpdate(mkHeapObj("bar", 1))
+	h.AddOrUpdate(mkHeapObj("bal", 31))
+	h.AddOrUpdate(mkHeapObj("baz", 11))
+
+	// Get works with the key.
+	item, exists := h.Get(mkHeapObj("baz", 0))
+	if !exists || item.val != 11 {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error in getting element")
+	}
+	// Get non-existing object.
+	_, exists = h.Get(mkHeapObj("non-existing", 0))
+	if exists {
+		t.Fatalf("didn't expect to get any object")
+	}
+}
+
+// TestHeap_GetByKey tests Heap.GetByKey and is very similar to TestHeap_Get.
+func TestHeap_GetByKey(t *testing.T) {
+	h := New(testHeapObjectKeyFunc, compareInts)
+	h.AddOrUpdate(mkHeapObj("foo", 10))
+	h.AddOrUpdate(mkHeapObj("bar", 1))
+	h.AddOrUpdate(mkHeapObj("bal", 31))
+	h.AddOrUpdate(mkHeapObj("baz", 11))
+
+	item, exists := h.GetByKey("baz")
+	if !exists || item.val != 11 {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error in getting element")
+	}
+	// Get non-existing object.
+	_, exists = h.GetByKey("non-existing")
+	if exists {
+		t.Fatalf("didn't expect to get any object")
+	}
+}
+
+// TestHeap_List tests Heap.List function.
+func TestHeap_List(t *testing.T) {
+	h := New(testHeapObjectKeyFunc, compareInts)
+	list := h.List()
+	if len(list) != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("expected an empty list")
+	}
+
+	items := map[string]int{
+		"foo": 10,
+		"bar": 1,
+		"bal": 30,
+		"baz": 11,
+		"faz": 30,
+	}
+	for k, v := range items {
+		h.AddOrUpdate(mkHeapObj(k, v))
+	}
+	list = h.List()
+	if len(list) != len(items) {
+		t.Errorf("expected %d items, got %d", len(items), len(list))
+	}
+	for _, heapObj := range list {
+		v, ok := items[heapObj.name]
+		if !ok || v != heapObj.val {
+			t.Errorf("unexpected item in the list: %v", heapObj)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestHeapWithRecorder(t *testing.T) {
+	metricRecorder := new(testMetricRecorder)
+	h := NewWithRecorder(testHeapObjectKeyFunc, compareInts, metricRecorder)
+	h.AddOrUpdate(mkHeapObj("foo", 10))
+	h.AddOrUpdate(mkHeapObj("bar", 1))
+	h.AddOrUpdate(mkHeapObj("baz", 100))
+	h.AddOrUpdate(mkHeapObj("qux", 11))
+
+	if *metricRecorder != 4 {
+		t.Errorf("expected count to be 4 but got %d", *metricRecorder)
+	}
+	if err := h.Delete(mkHeapObj("bar", 1)); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if *metricRecorder != 3 {
+		t.Errorf("expected count to be 3 but got %d", *metricRecorder)
+	}
+	if _, err := h.Pop(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if *metricRecorder != 2 {
+		t.Errorf("expected count to be 2 but got %d", *metricRecorder)
+	}
+
+	h.metricRecorder.Clear()
+	if *metricRecorder != 0 {
+		t.Errorf("expected count to be 0 but got %d", *metricRecorder)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/internal/queue/active_queue.go b/pkg/scheduler/internal/queue/active_queue.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a89d865bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/internal/queue/active_queue.go
@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2025 The Karmada Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package queue
+
+import (
+	"sync"
+	"time"
+
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
+
+	"github.com/karmada-io/karmada/pkg/scheduler/internal/heap"
+	metrics "github.com/karmada-io/karmada/pkg/scheduler/metrics/queue"
+)
+
+// ActiveQueue defines the interface of activeQ related operations.
+type ActiveQueue interface {
+	Push(bindingInfo *QueuedBindingInfo)
+	Pop() (*QueuedBindingInfo, bool)
+	Len() int
+	Done(bindingInfo *QueuedBindingInfo)
+	Has(key string) bool
+	ShutDown()
+}
+
+// NewActiveQueue builds a instance of ActiveQueue.
+func NewActiveQueue(metricRecorder metrics.MetricRecorder) ActiveQueue {
+	q := &activequeue{
+		activeBindings:     heap.NewWithRecorder[*QueuedBindingInfo](BindingKeyFunc, Less, metricRecorder),
+		dirtyBindings:      sets.Set[string]{},
+		processingBindings: sets.Set[string]{},
+		cond:               sync.NewCond(&sync.Mutex{}),
+	}
+
+	return q
+}
+
+// activequeue is a priority work queue, which implements a ActiveQueue.
+type activequeue struct {
+	// activeBindings defines the order in which we will work on items. Every
+	// element of queue should be in the dirtyBindings set and not in the
+	// processing set.
+	activeBindings *heap.Heap[*QueuedBindingInfo]
+
+	// dirtyBindings defines all of the items that need to be processed.
+	dirtyBindings sets.Set[string]
+
+	// Things that are currently being processed are in the processingBindings set.
+	// These things may be simultaneously in the dirtyBindings set. When we finish
+	// processingBindings something and remove it from this set, we'll check if
+	// it's in the dirtyBindings set, and if so, add it to the queue.
+	processingBindings sets.Set[string]
+
+	cond *sync.Cond
+
+	shuttingDown bool
+}
+
+// Push marks item as needing processing.
+func (q *activequeue) Push(bindingInfo *QueuedBindingInfo) {
+	q.cond.L.Lock()
+	defer q.cond.L.Unlock()
+	if q.shuttingDown {
+		return
+	}
+	if q.dirtyBindings.Has(bindingInfo.NamespacedKey) {
+		return
+	}
+
+	now := time.Now()
+	bindingInfo.Timestamp = now
+	if bindingInfo.InitialAttemptTimestamp == nil {
+		bindingInfo.InitialAttemptTimestamp = &now
+	}
+	q.dirtyBindings.Insert(bindingInfo.NamespacedKey)
+	if q.processingBindings.Has(bindingInfo.NamespacedKey) {
+		return
+	}
+
+	q.activeBindings.AddOrUpdate(bindingInfo)
+	q.cond.Signal()
+}
+
+// Len returns the current queue length, for informational purposes only. You
+// shouldn't e.g. gate a call to Push() or Pop() on Len() being a particular
+// value, that can't be synchronized properly.
+func (q *activequeue) Len() int {
+	q.cond.L.Lock()
+	defer q.cond.L.Unlock()
+	return q.activeBindings.Len()
+}
+
+// Pop blocks until it can return an item to be processed. If shutdown = true,
+// the caller should end their goroutine. You must call Done with item when you
+// have finished processing it.
+func (q *activequeue) Pop() (bindingInfo *QueuedBindingInfo, shutdown bool) {
+	q.cond.L.Lock()
+	defer q.cond.L.Unlock()
+	for q.activeBindings.Len() == 0 && !q.shuttingDown {
+		q.cond.Wait()
+	}
+	if q.activeBindings.Len() == 0 {
+		// We must be shutting down.
+		return nil, true
+	}
+
+	bindingInfo, _ = q.activeBindings.Pop()
+	bindingInfo.Attempts++
+	q.processingBindings.Insert(bindingInfo.NamespacedKey)
+	q.dirtyBindings.Delete(bindingInfo.NamespacedKey)
+
+	return bindingInfo, false
+}
+
+// Done marks item as done processing, and if it has been marked as dirty again
+// while it was being processed, it will be re-added to the queue for
+// re-processing.
+func (q *activequeue) Done(bindingInfo *QueuedBindingInfo) {
+	q.cond.L.Lock()
+	defer q.cond.L.Unlock()
+
+	q.processingBindings.Delete(bindingInfo.NamespacedKey)
+	if q.dirtyBindings.Has(bindingInfo.NamespacedKey) {
+		bindingInfo.Timestamp = time.Now()
+		q.activeBindings.AddOrUpdate(bindingInfo)
+		q.cond.Signal()
+	} else if q.processingBindings.Len() == 0 {
+		q.cond.Signal()
+	}
+}
+
+// ShutDown will cause q to ignore all new items added to it and
+// immediately instruct the worker goroutines to exit.
+func (q *activequeue) ShutDown() {
+	q.cond.L.Lock()
+	defer q.cond.L.Unlock()
+
+	q.shuttingDown = true
+	q.cond.Broadcast()
+}
+
+// Has inform if bindingInfo exists in the queue.
+func (q *activequeue) Has(key string) bool {
+	q.cond.L.Lock()
+	defer q.cond.L.Unlock()
+	return q.dirtyBindings.Has(key)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/internal/queue/active_queue_test.go b/pkg/scheduler/internal/queue/active_queue_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e944674be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/internal/queue/active_queue_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2025 The Karmada Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package queue
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestPriorityQueue(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name     string
+		testFunc func() bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "Add b1, b2 and Get the binding with highest priority",
+			testFunc: func() bool {
+				b1 := &QueuedBindingInfo{NamespacedKey: "foo1", Priority: 2}
+				b2 := &QueuedBindingInfo{NamespacedKey: "foo2", Priority: 3}
+				queue := NewActiveQueue(nil)
+				queue.Push(b1)
+				queue.Push(b2)
+				item, shutdown := queue.Pop()
+				if shutdown {
+					return false
+				}
+				return item.NamespacedKey == b2.NamespacedKey
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Add b1, b2 and Get the binding which was enqueued first",
+			testFunc: func() bool {
+				b1 := &QueuedBindingInfo{NamespacedKey: "foo1"}
+				b2 := &QueuedBindingInfo{NamespacedKey: "foo2"}
+				queue := NewActiveQueue(nil)
+				queue.Push(b1)
+				queue.Push(b2)
+				item, shutdown := queue.Pop()
+				if shutdown {
+					return false
+				}
+				return item.NamespacedKey == b1.NamespacedKey
+			},
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		success := tt.testFunc()
+		if !success {
+			t.Fatalf(`%q should be success, but get failed`, tt.name)
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/internal/queue/scheduling_queue.go b/pkg/scheduler/internal/queue/scheduling_queue.go
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..943285f2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/internal/queue/scheduling_queue.go
@@ -0,0 +1,385 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2025 The Karmada Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package queue
+
+import (
+	"sync"
+	"time"
+
+	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/wait"
+	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
+
+	"github.com/karmada-io/karmada/pkg/scheduler/internal/heap"
+	metrics "github.com/karmada-io/karmada/pkg/scheduler/metrics/queue"
+)
+
+const (
+	// Scheduling queue names
+	activeQ               = "Active"
+	backoffQ              = "Backoff"
+	unschedulableBindings = "Unschedulable"
+)
+
+const (
+	// DefaultBindingMaxInUnschedulableBindingsDuration is the default value for the maximum
+	// time a binding can stay in unschedulableBindings. If a binding stays in unschedulableBindings
+	// for longer than this value, the binding will be moved from unschedulableBindings to
+	// backoffQ or activeQ. If this value is empty, the default value (5min)
+	// will be used.
+	DefaultBindingMaxInUnschedulableBindingsDuration = 5 * time.Minute
+
+	// DefaultBindingInitialBackoffDuration is the default value for the initial backoff duration
+	// for unschedulable bindings.
+	DefaultBindingInitialBackoffDuration = 1 * time.Second
+
+	// DefaultBindingMaxBackoffDuration is the default value for the max backoff duration
+	// for unschedulable bindings.
+	DefaultBindingMaxBackoffDuration = 10 * time.Second
+)
+
+// SchedulingQueue is an interface for a queue to store bindings waiting to be scheduled.
+// The interface follows a pattern similar to cache.FIFO and cache.Heap and
+// makes it easy to use those data structures as a SchedulingQueue.
+type SchedulingQueue interface {
+	// Push pushes an new binding to activeQ.
+	Push(bindingInfo *QueuedBindingInfo)
+
+	// PushUnschedulableIfNotPresent pushes an unschedulable binding back to scheduling queue.
+	PushUnschedulableIfNotPresent(bindingInfo *QueuedBindingInfo)
+
+	// PushBackoffIfNotPresent pushes an failed binding back to scheduling queue.
+	PushBackoffIfNotPresent(bindingInfo *QueuedBindingInfo)
+
+	// Pop removes the head of the queue and returns it. It blocks if the
+	// queue is empty and waits until a new binding is added to the queue.
+	Pop() (*QueuedBindingInfo, bool)
+
+	// Done must be called for binding returned by Pop. This allows the queue to
+	// keep track of which bindings are currently being processed.
+	Done(bindingInfo *QueuedBindingInfo)
+
+	// Len returns the length of activeQ.
+	Len() int
+
+	// Forget indicates that an item is finished being retried.  Doesn't matter whether it's for perm failing
+	// or for success, we'll remove it from backoffQ, but you still have to call `Done` on the queue.
+	Forget(bindingInfo *QueuedBindingInfo)
+
+	// Run starts the goroutines managing the queue.
+	Run()
+
+	// Close closes the SchedulingQueue so that the goroutine which is
+	// waiting to pop items can exit gracefully.
+	Close()
+}
+
+type schedulingQueueOptions struct {
+	bindingInitialBackoffDuration             time.Duration
+	bindingMaxBackoffDuration                 time.Duration
+	bindingMaxInUnschedulableBindingsDuration time.Duration
+}
+
+// Option configures a PriorityQueue
+type Option func(*schedulingQueueOptions)
+
+// WithBindingInitialBackoffDuration sets binding initial backoff duration for SchedulingQueue.
+func WithBindingInitialBackoffDuration(duration time.Duration) Option {
+	return func(o *schedulingQueueOptions) {
+		o.bindingInitialBackoffDuration = duration
+	}
+}
+
+// WithBindingMaxBackoffDuration sets binding max backoff duration for SchedulingQueue.
+func WithBindingMaxBackoffDuration(duration time.Duration) Option {
+	return func(o *schedulingQueueOptions) {
+		o.bindingMaxBackoffDuration = duration
+	}
+}
+
+// WithBindingMaxInUnschedulableBindingsDuration sets bindingMaxInUnschedulableBindingsDuration for SchedulingQueue.
+func WithBindingMaxInUnschedulableBindingsDuration(duration time.Duration) Option {
+	return func(o *schedulingQueueOptions) {
+		o.bindingMaxInUnschedulableBindingsDuration = duration
+	}
+}
+
+var defaultSchedulingQueueOptions = schedulingQueueOptions{
+	bindingInitialBackoffDuration:             DefaultBindingInitialBackoffDuration,
+	bindingMaxBackoffDuration:                 DefaultBindingMaxBackoffDuration,
+	bindingMaxInUnschedulableBindingsDuration: DefaultBindingMaxInUnschedulableBindingsDuration,
+}
+
+// NewSchedulingQueue builds a SchedulingQueue instance.
+func NewSchedulingQueue(opts ...Option) SchedulingQueue {
+	options := defaultSchedulingQueueOptions
+	for _, opt := range opts {
+		opt(&options)
+	}
+
+	bq := &prioritySchedulingQueue{
+		stop:                          make(chan struct{}),
+		bindingInitialBackoffDuration: options.bindingInitialBackoffDuration,
+		bindingMaxBackoffDuration:     options.bindingMaxBackoffDuration,
+		bindingMaxInUnschedulableBindingsDuration: options.bindingMaxInUnschedulableBindingsDuration,
+		activeQ:               NewActiveQueue(metrics.NewActiveBindingsRecorder()),
+		backoffQ:              heap.NewWithRecorder(BindingKeyFunc, Less, metrics.NewBackoffBindingsRecorder()),
+		unschedulableBindings: newUnschedulableBindings(metrics.NewUnschedulableBindingsRecorder()),
+	}
+
+	return bq
+}
+
+// prioritySchedulingQueue implements a SchedulingQueue.
+// The head of PriorityQueue is the highest priority pending binding. This structure
+// has two sub queues and a additional data structure, namely: activeQ,
+// backoffQ and unschedulableBindings.
+//   - activeQ holds bindings that are being considered for scheduling.
+//   - backoffQ holds bindings that moved from unschedulableBindings and will move to
+//     activeQ when their backoff periods complete.
+//   - unschedulableBindings holds bindings that were already attempted for scheduling and
+//     are currently determined to be unschedulable.
+type prioritySchedulingQueue struct {
+	// stopCh is used to stop the goroutine which periodically flushes pending bindings.
+	stop chan struct{}
+	// lock takes precedence and should be taken first,
+	// before any other locks in the queue.
+	lock sync.RWMutex
+
+	// binding initial backoff duration.
+	bindingInitialBackoffDuration time.Duration
+	// binding maximum backoff duration.
+	bindingMaxBackoffDuration time.Duration
+	// the maximum time a binding can stay in the unschedulableBindings.
+	bindingMaxInUnschedulableBindingsDuration time.Duration
+
+	// activeQ is a priority queue ordered by priority
+	activeQ ActiveQueue
+	// backoffQ is a heap ordered by backoff expiry. Bindings which have completed backoff
+	// are popped from this heap before the scheduler looks at activeQ.
+	backoffQ *heap.Heap[*QueuedBindingInfo]
+	// unschedulableBindings holds bindings that have been tried and determined unschedulable.
+	unschedulableBindings *UnschedulableBindings
+}
+
+// Run starts the goroutine to flush backoffQ and unschedulableBindings.
+func (bq *prioritySchedulingQueue) Run() {
+	go wait.Until(bq.flushBackoffQCompleted, 1.0*time.Second, bq.stop)
+	go wait.Until(bq.flushUnschedulableBindingsLeftover, 30*time.Second, bq.stop)
+}
+
+// Close closes the scheduling queue.
+func (bq *prioritySchedulingQueue) Close() {
+	bq.lock.Lock()
+	defer bq.lock.Unlock()
+
+	close(bq.stop)
+	bq.activeQ.ShutDown()
+	bq.unschedulableBindings.clear()
+}
+
+// flushBackoffQCompleted moves all bindings from backoffQ which have completed backoff in to activeQ
+func (bq *prioritySchedulingQueue) flushBackoffQCompleted() {
+	bq.lock.Lock()
+	defer bq.lock.Unlock()
+
+	for {
+		bInfo, ok := bq.backoffQ.Peek()
+		if !ok || bInfo == nil {
+			break
+		}
+		if bq.isBindingBackingoff(bInfo) {
+			break
+		}
+		_, err := bq.backoffQ.Pop()
+		if err != nil {
+			klog.Error(err, "Unable to pop binding from backoff queue despite backoff completion", "binding", bInfo.NamespacedKey)
+			break
+		}
+		bq.moveToActiveQ(bInfo)
+	}
+}
+
+// isBindingBackingoff returns true if a binding is still waiting for its backoff timer.
+// If this returns true, the binding should not be re-tried.
+func (bq *prioritySchedulingQueue) isBindingBackingoff(bindingInfo *QueuedBindingInfo) bool {
+	boTime := bq.getBackoffTime(bindingInfo)
+	return boTime.After(time.Now())
+}
+
+// calculateBackoffDuration is a helper function for calculating the backoffDuration
+// based on the number of attempts the binding has made.
+func (bq *prioritySchedulingQueue) calculateBackoffDuration(bindingInfo *QueuedBindingInfo) time.Duration {
+	if bindingInfo.Attempts == 0 {
+		// When the Binding hasn't experienced any scheduling attempts,
+		// they aren't obliged to get a backoff penalty at all.
+		return 0
+	}
+
+	duration := bq.bindingInitialBackoffDuration
+	for i := 1; i < bindingInfo.Attempts; i++ {
+		// Use subtraction instead of addition or multiplication to avoid overflow.
+		if duration > bq.bindingMaxBackoffDuration-duration {
+			return bq.bindingMaxBackoffDuration
+		}
+		duration += duration
+	}
+	return duration
+}
+
+// getBackoffTime returns the time that bindingInfo completes backoff
+func (bq *prioritySchedulingQueue) getBackoffTime(bindingInfo *QueuedBindingInfo) time.Time {
+	duration := bq.calculateBackoffDuration(bindingInfo)
+	backoffTime := bindingInfo.Timestamp.Add(duration)
+	return backoffTime
+}
+
+// flushUnschedulableBindingsLeftover moves bindings which stay in unschedulableBindings
+// longer than bindingMaxInUnschedulableBindingsDuration to activeQ.
+func (bq *prioritySchedulingQueue) flushUnschedulableBindingsLeftover() {
+	bq.lock.Lock()
+	defer bq.lock.Unlock()
+
+	var bindingsToMove []*QueuedBindingInfo
+	currentTime := time.Now()
+	for _, bInfo := range bq.unschedulableBindings.bindingInfoMap {
+		lastScheduleTime := bInfo.Timestamp
+		if currentTime.Sub(lastScheduleTime) > bq.bindingMaxInUnschedulableBindingsDuration {
+			bindingsToMove = append(bindingsToMove, bInfo)
+		}
+	}
+
+	for _, bInfo := range bindingsToMove {
+		bq.moveToActiveQ(bInfo)
+	}
+}
+
+func (bq *prioritySchedulingQueue) Push(bindingInfo *QueuedBindingInfo) {
+	bq.lock.Lock()
+	defer bq.lock.Unlock()
+
+	bq.moveToActiveQ(bindingInfo)
+}
+
+// Pop removes the head of the active queue and returns it. It blocks if the
+func (bq *prioritySchedulingQueue) Pop() (*QueuedBindingInfo, bool) {
+	// activeQ is empty and waits until a new item is added to the queue.
+	return bq.activeQ.Pop()
+}
+
+func (bq *prioritySchedulingQueue) PushUnschedulableIfNotPresent(bindingInfo *QueuedBindingInfo) {
+	bq.lock.Lock()
+	defer bq.lock.Unlock()
+
+	if bq.backoffQ.Has(bindingInfo) || bq.activeQ.Has(bindingInfo.NamespacedKey) {
+		return
+	}
+
+	bq.unschedulableBindings.addOrUpdate(bindingInfo)
+	klog.V(4).Info("Binding moved to an internal scheduling queue", "binding", bindingInfo.NamespacedKey, "queue", unschedulableBindings)
+}
+
+func (bq *prioritySchedulingQueue) PushBackoffIfNotPresent(bindingInfo *QueuedBindingInfo) {
+	bq.lock.Lock()
+	defer bq.lock.Unlock()
+
+	if bq.unschedulableBindings.get(bindingInfo.NamespacedKey) != nil || bq.activeQ.Has(bindingInfo.NamespacedKey) {
+		return
+	}
+
+	bq.backoffQ.AddOrUpdate(bindingInfo)
+	klog.V(4).Info("Binding moved to an internal scheduling queue", "binding", bindingInfo.NamespacedKey, "queue", backoffQ)
+}
+
+// Done must be called for binding returned by Pop. This allows the queue to
+// keep track of which bindings are currently being processed.
+func (bq *prioritySchedulingQueue) Done(bindingInfo *QueuedBindingInfo) {
+	bq.activeQ.Done(bindingInfo)
+}
+
+func (bq *prioritySchedulingQueue) Len() int {
+	return bq.activeQ.Len()
+}
+
+func (bq *prioritySchedulingQueue) Forget(bindingInfo *QueuedBindingInfo) {
+	bq.lock.Lock()
+	defer bq.lock.Unlock()
+
+	_ = bq.backoffQ.Delete(bindingInfo)
+}
+
+// moveToActiveQ tries to add binding to active queue and remove it from unschedulable and backoff queues.
+func (bq *prioritySchedulingQueue) moveToActiveQ(bindingInfo *QueuedBindingInfo) {
+	bq.activeQ.Push(bindingInfo)
+	_ = bq.backoffQ.Delete(bindingInfo) // just ignore this not-found error
+	bq.unschedulableBindings.delete(bindingInfo.NamespacedKey)
+	klog.V(4).Info("Binding moved to an internal scheduling queue", "binding", bindingInfo.NamespacedKey, "queue", activeQ)
+}
+
+// UnschedulableBindings holds bindings that cannot be scheduled. This data structure
+// is used to implement unschedulableBindings.
+type UnschedulableBindings struct {
+	// bindingInfoMap is a map key by a binding's full-name and the value is a pointer to the QueuedBindingInfo.
+	bindingInfoMap map[string]*QueuedBindingInfo
+	// unschedulableRecorder updates the counter when elements of an bindingInfoMap
+	// get added or removed, and it does nothing if it's nil.
+	unschedulableRecorder metrics.MetricRecorder
+}
+
+// addOrUpdate adds a binding to the unschedulable bindingInfoMap.
+func (u *UnschedulableBindings) addOrUpdate(bindingInfo *QueuedBindingInfo) {
+	if _, exists := u.bindingInfoMap[bindingInfo.NamespacedKey]; !exists {
+		if u.unschedulableRecorder != nil {
+			u.unschedulableRecorder.Inc()
+		}
+	}
+	u.bindingInfoMap[bindingInfo.NamespacedKey] = bindingInfo
+}
+
+// delete deletes a binding from the unschedulable bindingInfoMap.
+func (u *UnschedulableBindings) delete(bindingKey string) {
+	if _, exists := u.bindingInfoMap[bindingKey]; exists {
+		if u.unschedulableRecorder != nil {
+			u.unschedulableRecorder.Dec()
+		}
+	}
+	delete(u.bindingInfoMap, bindingKey)
+}
+
+// get returns the QueuedBindingInfo if a binding with the same key as the key of the given "binding"
+// is found in the map. It returns nil otherwise.
+func (u *UnschedulableBindings) get(bindingKey string) *QueuedBindingInfo {
+	if bindingInfo, exists := u.bindingInfoMap[bindingKey]; exists {
+		return bindingInfo
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// clear removes all the entries from the unschedulable bindingInfoMap.
+func (u *UnschedulableBindings) clear() {
+	u.bindingInfoMap = make(map[string]*QueuedBindingInfo)
+	if u.unschedulableRecorder != nil {
+		u.unschedulableRecorder.Clear()
+	}
+}
+
+// newUnschedulableBindings initializes a new object of UnschedulableBindings.
+func newUnschedulableBindings(unschedulableRecorder metrics.MetricRecorder) *UnschedulableBindings {
+	return &UnschedulableBindings{
+		bindingInfoMap:        make(map[string]*QueuedBindingInfo),
+		unschedulableRecorder: unschedulableRecorder,
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/internal/queue/types.go b/pkg/scheduler/internal/queue/types.go
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..337410fa1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/internal/queue/types.go
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2025 The Karmada Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package queue
+
+import (
+	"time"
+)
+
+// QueuedBindingInfo is a Binding wrapper with additional information related to
+// the binding's status in the scheduling queue, such as the timestamp when
+// it's added to the queue.
+type QueuedBindingInfo struct {
+	NamespacedKey string
+
+	// The priority of ResourceBinding.
+	Priority int32
+
+	// The time binding added to the scheduling queue.
+	Timestamp time.Time
+
+	// The time when the binding is added to the queue for the first time. The binding may be added
+	// back to the queue multiple times before it's successfully scheduled.
+	// It shouldn't be updated once initialized.
+	InitialAttemptTimestamp *time.Time
+
+	// Number of schedule attempts before successfully scheduled.
+	// It's used to record the attempts metric and calculate the backoff time this Binding is obliged to get before retrying.
+	Attempts int
+}
+
+// DeepCopy returns a deep copy of the QueuedBindingInfo object.
+func (qbi *QueuedBindingInfo) DeepCopy() *QueuedBindingInfo {
+	return &QueuedBindingInfo{
+		NamespacedKey:           qbi.NamespacedKey,
+		Priority:                qbi.Priority,
+		Timestamp:               qbi.Timestamp,
+		Attempts:                qbi.Attempts,
+		InitialAttemptTimestamp: qbi.InitialAttemptTimestamp,
+	}
+}
+
+// BindingKeyFunc is the key mapping function of QueuedBindingInfo.
+func BindingKeyFunc(bindingInfo *QueuedBindingInfo) string {
+	return bindingInfo.NamespacedKey
+}
+
+// Less is the function used by the activeQ heap algorithm to sort bindings.
+// It sorts bindings based on their priority. When priorities are equal, it uses
+// QueuedBindingInfo.timestamp.
+func Less(bInfo1, bInfo2 *QueuedBindingInfo) bool {
+	p1 := bInfo1.Priority
+	p2 := bInfo2.Priority
+	return (p1 > p2) || (p1 == p2 && bInfo1.Timestamp.Before(bInfo2.Timestamp))
+}
diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/metrics/queue/metric_test.go b/pkg/scheduler/metrics/queue/metric_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3f25e8f4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/metrics/queue/metric_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2025 The Karmada Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package metrics
+
+import (
+	"sync"
+	"sync/atomic"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+var _ MetricRecorder = &fakeBindingsRecorder{}
+
+type fakeBindingsRecorder struct {
+	counter int64
+}
+
+func (r *fakeBindingsRecorder) Inc() {
+	atomic.AddInt64(&r.counter, 1)
+}
+
+func (r *fakeBindingsRecorder) Dec() {
+	atomic.AddInt64(&r.counter, -1)
+}
+
+func (r *fakeBindingsRecorder) Clear() {
+	atomic.StoreInt64(&r.counter, 0)
+}
+
+func TestInc(t *testing.T) {
+	fakeRecorder := fakeBindingsRecorder{}
+	var wg sync.WaitGroup
+	loops := 100
+	wg.Add(loops)
+	for i := 0; i < loops; i++ {
+		go func() {
+			fakeRecorder.Inc()
+			wg.Done()
+		}()
+	}
+	wg.Wait()
+	if fakeRecorder.counter != int64(loops) {
+		t.Errorf("Expected %v, got %v", loops, fakeRecorder.counter)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestDec(t *testing.T) {
+	fakeRecorder := fakeBindingsRecorder{counter: 100}
+	var wg sync.WaitGroup
+	loops := 100
+	wg.Add(loops)
+	for i := 0; i < loops; i++ {
+		go func() {
+			fakeRecorder.Dec()
+			wg.Done()
+		}()
+	}
+	wg.Wait()
+	if fakeRecorder.counter != int64(0) {
+		t.Errorf("Expected %v, got %v", loops, fakeRecorder.counter)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestClear(t *testing.T) {
+	fakeRecorder := fakeBindingsRecorder{}
+	var wg sync.WaitGroup
+	incLoops, decLoops := 100, 80
+	wg.Add(incLoops + decLoops)
+	for i := 0; i < incLoops; i++ {
+		go func() {
+			fakeRecorder.Inc()
+			wg.Done()
+		}()
+	}
+	for i := 0; i < decLoops; i++ {
+		go func() {
+			fakeRecorder.Dec()
+			wg.Done()
+		}()
+	}
+	wg.Wait()
+	if fakeRecorder.counter != int64(incLoops-decLoops) {
+		t.Errorf("Expected %v, got %v", incLoops-decLoops, fakeRecorder.counter)
+	}
+	// verify Clear() works
+	fakeRecorder.Clear()
+	if fakeRecorder.counter != int64(0) {
+		t.Errorf("Expected %v, got %v", 0, fakeRecorder.counter)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/metrics/queue/metrics.go b/pkg/scheduler/metrics/queue/metrics.go
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..69da63268
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/metrics/queue/metrics.go
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2025 The Karmada Authors.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package metrics
+
+import (
+	"k8s.io/component-base/metrics"
+	"k8s.io/component-base/metrics/legacyregistry"
+)
+
+const (
+	// SchedulerSubsystem - subsystem name used by scheduler.
+	SchedulerSubsystem = "scheduler"
+)
+
+// All the histogram based metrics have 1ms as size for the smallest bucket.
+var (
+	pendingBindings = metrics.NewGaugeVec(
+		&metrics.GaugeOpts{
+			Subsystem:      SchedulerSubsystem,
+			Name:           "pending_bindings",
+			Help:           "Number of pending bindings, by the queue type. 'active' means number of bindings in activeQ; 'backoff' means number of bindings in backoffQ; 'unschedulable' means number of bindings in unschedulableBindings that the scheduler attempted to schedule and failed.",
+			StabilityLevel: metrics.ALPHA,
+		}, []string{"queue"})
+
+	metricsList = []metrics.Registerable{
+		pendingBindings,
+	}
+)
+
+func init() {
+	// Register the metrics.
+	RegisterMetrics(metricsList...)
+}
+
+// RegisterMetrics registers a list of metrics.
+// This function is exported because it is intended to be used by out-of-tree plugins to register their custom metrics.
+func RegisterMetrics(extraMetrics ...metrics.Registerable) {
+	for _, metric := range extraMetrics {
+		legacyregistry.MustRegister(metric)
+	}
+}
+
+// ActiveBindings returns the pending bindings metrics with the label active
+func ActiveBindings() metrics.GaugeMetric {
+	return pendingBindings.With(metrics.Labels{"queue": "active"})
+}
+
+// BackoffBindings returns the pending bindings metrics with the label backoff
+func BackoffBindings() metrics.GaugeMetric {
+	return pendingBindings.With(metrics.Labels{"queue": "backoff"})
+}
+
+// UnschedulableBindings returns the pending bindings metrics with the label unschedulable
+func UnschedulableBindings() metrics.GaugeMetric {
+	return pendingBindings.With(metrics.Labels{"queue": "unschedulable"})
+}
+
+// MetricRecorder represents a metric recorder which takes action when the
+// metric Inc(), Dec() and Clear()
+type MetricRecorder interface {
+	Inc()
+	Dec()
+	Clear()
+}
+
+var _ MetricRecorder = &PendingBindingsRecorder{}
+
+// PendingBindingsRecorder is an implementation of MetricRecorder
+type PendingBindingsRecorder struct {
+	recorder metrics.GaugeMetric
+}
+
+// NewActiveBindingsRecorder returns ActiveBindings in a Prometheus metric fashion
+func NewActiveBindingsRecorder() *PendingBindingsRecorder {
+	return &PendingBindingsRecorder{
+		recorder: ActiveBindings(),
+	}
+}
+
+// NewUnschedulableBindingsRecorder returns UnschedulableBindings in a Prometheus metric fashion
+func NewUnschedulableBindingsRecorder() *PendingBindingsRecorder {
+	return &PendingBindingsRecorder{
+		recorder: UnschedulableBindings(),
+	}
+}
+
+// NewBackoffBindingsRecorder returns BackoffBindings in a Prometheus metric fashion
+func NewBackoffBindingsRecorder() *PendingBindingsRecorder {
+	return &PendingBindingsRecorder{
+		recorder: BackoffBindings(),
+	}
+}
+
+// Inc increases a metric counter by 1, in an atomic way
+func (r *PendingBindingsRecorder) Inc() {
+	r.recorder.Inc()
+}
+
+// Dec decreases a metric counter by 1, in an atomic way
+func (r *PendingBindingsRecorder) Dec() {
+	r.recorder.Dec()
+}
+
+// Clear set a metric counter to 0, in an atomic way
+func (r *PendingBindingsRecorder) Clear() {
+	r.recorder.Set(float64(0))
+}
diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/scheduler.go b/pkg/scheduler/scheduler.go
index daaf7135b..36d1a2186 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/scheduler.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/scheduler.go
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ import (
 	workv1alpha2 "github.com/karmada-io/karmada/pkg/apis/work/v1alpha2"
 	estimatorclient "github.com/karmada-io/karmada/pkg/estimator/client"
 	"github.com/karmada-io/karmada/pkg/events"
+	"github.com/karmada-io/karmada/pkg/features"
 	karmadaclientset "github.com/karmada-io/karmada/pkg/generated/clientset/versioned"
 	informerfactory "github.com/karmada-io/karmada/pkg/generated/informers/externalversions"
 	clusterlister "github.com/karmada-io/karmada/pkg/generated/listers/cluster/v1alpha1"
@@ -53,6 +54,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/karmada-io/karmada/pkg/scheduler/framework"
 	frameworkplugins "github.com/karmada-io/karmada/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins"
 	"github.com/karmada-io/karmada/pkg/scheduler/framework/runtime"
+	internalqueue "github.com/karmada-io/karmada/pkg/scheduler/internal/queue"
 	"github.com/karmada-io/karmada/pkg/scheduler/metrics"
 	"github.com/karmada-io/karmada/pkg/sharedcli/ratelimiterflag"
 	"github.com/karmada-io/karmada/pkg/util"
@@ -95,9 +97,12 @@ type Scheduler struct {
 	// clusterReconcileWorker reconciles cluster changes to trigger corresponding
 	// ResourceBinding/ClusterResourceBinding rescheduling.
 	clusterReconcileWorker util.AsyncWorker
-	// TODO: implement a priority scheduling queue
+
+	// queue is the legacy rate limiting queue which will be replaced by priorityQueue
+	// in the future releases.
 	queue workqueue.TypedRateLimitingInterface[any]
 
+	priorityQueue  internalqueue.SchedulingQueue
 	Algorithm      core.ScheduleAlgorithm
 	schedulerCache schedulercache.Cache
 
@@ -128,7 +133,7 @@ type schedulerOptions struct {
 	schedulerEstimatorServicePrefix string
 	// schedulerName is the name of the scheduler. Default is "default-scheduler".
 	schedulerName string
-	//enableEmptyWorkloadPropagation represents whether allow workload with replicas 0 propagated to member clusters should be enabled
+	// enableEmptyWorkloadPropagation represents whether allow workload with replicas 0 propagated to member clusters should be enabled
 	enableEmptyWorkloadPropagation bool
 	// outOfTreeRegistry represents the registry of out-of-tree plugins
 	outOfTreeRegistry runtime.Registry
@@ -239,7 +244,13 @@ func NewScheduler(dynamicClient dynamic.Interface, karmadaClient karmadaclientse
 	for _, opt := range opts {
 		opt(&options)
 	}
-	queue := workqueue.NewTypedRateLimitingQueueWithConfig(ratelimiterflag.DefaultControllerRateLimiter[any](options.RateLimiterOptions), workqueue.TypedRateLimitingQueueConfig[any]{Name: "scheduler-queue"})
+	var legacyQueue workqueue.TypedRateLimitingInterface[any]
+	var priorityQueue internalqueue.SchedulingQueue
+	if features.FeatureGate.Enabled(features.PriorityBasedScheduling) {
+		priorityQueue = internalqueue.NewSchedulingQueue()
+	} else {
+		legacyQueue = workqueue.NewTypedRateLimitingQueueWithConfig(ratelimiterflag.DefaultControllerRateLimiter[any](options.RateLimiterOptions), workqueue.TypedRateLimitingQueueConfig[any]{Name: "scheduler-queue"})
+	}
 	registry := frameworkplugins.NewInTreeRegistry()
 	if err := registry.Merge(options.outOfTreeRegistry); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -258,7 +269,8 @@ func NewScheduler(dynamicClient dynamic.Interface, karmadaClient karmadaclientse
 		clusterBindingLister: clusterBindingLister,
 		clusterLister:        clusterLister,
 		informerFactory:      factory,
-		queue:                queue,
+		queue:                legacyQueue,
+		priorityQueue:        priorityQueue,
 		Algorithm:            algorithm,
 		schedulerCache:       schedulerCache,
 	}
@@ -310,8 +322,14 @@ func (s *Scheduler) Run(ctx context.Context) {
 
 	go wait.Until(s.worker, time.Second, stopCh)
 
-	<-stopCh
-	s.queue.ShutDown()
+	if features.FeatureGate.Enabled(features.PriorityBasedScheduling) {
+		s.priorityQueue.Run()
+		<-stopCh
+		s.priorityQueue.Close()
+	} else {
+		<-stopCh
+		s.queue.ShutDown()
+	}
 }
 
 func (s *Scheduler) worker() {
@@ -320,15 +338,27 @@ func (s *Scheduler) worker() {
 }
 
 func (s *Scheduler) scheduleNext() bool {
-	key, shutdown := s.queue.Get()
-	if shutdown {
-		klog.Errorf("Fail to pop item from queue")
-		return false
-	}
-	defer s.queue.Done(key)
+	if features.FeatureGate.Enabled(features.PriorityBasedScheduling) {
+		bindingInfo, shutdown := s.priorityQueue.Pop()
+		if shutdown {
+			klog.Errorf("Fail to pop item from priorityQueue")
+			return false
+		}
+		defer s.priorityQueue.Done(bindingInfo)
 
-	err := s.doSchedule(key.(string))
-	s.handleErr(err, key)
+		err := s.doSchedule(bindingInfo.NamespacedKey)
+		s.handleErr(err, bindingInfo)
+	} else {
+		key, shutdown := s.queue.Get()
+		if shutdown {
+			klog.Errorf("Fail to pop item from queue")
+			return false
+		}
+		defer s.queue.Done(key)
+
+		err := s.doSchedule(key.(string))
+		s.legacyHandleErr(err, key)
+	}
 	return true
 }
 
@@ -759,12 +789,26 @@ func (s *Scheduler) patchScheduleResultForClusterResourceBinding(oldBinding *wor
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (s *Scheduler) handleErr(err error, key interface{}) {
+func (s *Scheduler) handleErr(err error, bindingInfo *internalqueue.QueuedBindingInfo) {
+	if err == nil || apierrors.HasStatusCause(err, corev1.NamespaceTerminatingCause) {
+		s.priorityQueue.Forget(bindingInfo)
+		return
+	}
+
+	var unschedulableErr *framework.UnschedulableError
+	if !errors.As(err, &unschedulableErr) {
+		s.priorityQueue.PushUnschedulableIfNotPresent(bindingInfo)
+	} else {
+		s.priorityQueue.PushBackoffIfNotPresent(bindingInfo)
+	}
+	metrics.CountSchedulerBindings(metrics.ScheduleAttemptFailure)
+}
+
+func (s *Scheduler) legacyHandleErr(err error, key interface{}) {
 	if err == nil || apierrors.HasStatusCause(err, corev1.NamespaceTerminatingCause) {
 		s.queue.Forget(key)
 		return
 	}
-
 	s.queue.AddRateLimited(key)
 	metrics.CountSchedulerBindings(metrics.ScheduleAttemptFailure)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/scheduler_metrics_test.go b/pkg/scheduler/scheduler_metrics_test.go
index c3e14488c..7431920cb 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/scheduler_metrics_test.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/scheduler_metrics_test.go
@@ -25,10 +25,13 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 	dynamicfake "k8s.io/client-go/dynamic/fake"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/fake"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/cache"
 	"k8s.io/component-base/metrics/testutil"
 
 	workv1alpha2 "github.com/karmada-io/karmada/pkg/apis/work/v1alpha2"
+	"github.com/karmada-io/karmada/pkg/features"
 	karmadafake "github.com/karmada-io/karmada/pkg/generated/clientset/versioned/fake"
+	internalqueue "github.com/karmada-io/karmada/pkg/scheduler/internal/queue"
 	"github.com/karmada-io/karmada/pkg/scheduler/metrics"
 )
 
@@ -69,10 +72,18 @@ var (
 		scheduler.onClusterResourceBindingRequeue(crb, metrics.ClusterChanged)
 	}
 	scheduleAttemptSuccess = func(scheduler *Scheduler, obj interface{}) {
-		scheduler.handleErr(nil, obj)
+		rb := obj.(*workv1alpha2.ResourceBinding)
+		scheduler.handleErr(nil, &internalqueue.QueuedBindingInfo{
+			NamespacedKey: cache.ObjectName{Namespace: rb.Namespace, Name: rb.Namespace}.String(),
+			Priority:      rb.Spec.SchedulePriorityValue(),
+		})
 	}
 	scheduleAttemptFailure = func(scheduler *Scheduler, obj interface{}) {
-		scheduler.handleErr(fmt.Errorf("schedule attempt failure"), obj)
+		rb := obj.(*workv1alpha2.ResourceBinding)
+		scheduler.handleErr(fmt.Errorf("schedule attempt failure"), &internalqueue.QueuedBindingInfo{
+			NamespacedKey: cache.ObjectName{Namespace: rb.Namespace, Name: rb.Namespace}.String(),
+			Priority:      rb.Spec.SchedulePriorityValue(),
+		})
 	}
 )
 
@@ -81,6 +92,8 @@ func TestIncomingBindingMetrics(t *testing.T) {
 	karmadaClient := karmadafake.NewSimpleClientset()
 	kubeClient := fake.NewSimpleClientset()
 
+	// enable "PriorityBasedScheduling" feature gate.
+	_ = features.FeatureGate.Set("PriorityBasedScheduling=true")
 	sche, err := NewScheduler(dynamicClient, karmadaClient, kubeClient)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("create scheduler error: %s", err)
diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/scheduler_test.go b/pkg/scheduler/scheduler_test.go
index 59ca28f59..4f4af6bba 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/scheduler_test.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/scheduler_test.go
@@ -35,14 +35,15 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme"
 	clienttesting "k8s.io/client-go/testing"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/record"
-	"k8s.io/client-go/util/workqueue"
 
 	policyv1alpha1 "github.com/karmada-io/karmada/pkg/apis/policy/v1alpha1"
 	workv1alpha2 "github.com/karmada-io/karmada/pkg/apis/work/v1alpha2"
+	"github.com/karmada-io/karmada/pkg/features"
 	karmadafake "github.com/karmada-io/karmada/pkg/generated/clientset/versioned/fake"
 	workv1alpha2lister "github.com/karmada-io/karmada/pkg/generated/listers/work/v1alpha2"
 	"github.com/karmada-io/karmada/pkg/scheduler/core"
 	schedulercore "github.com/karmada-io/karmada/pkg/scheduler/core"
+	internalqueue "github.com/karmada-io/karmada/pkg/scheduler/internal/queue"
 	"github.com/karmada-io/karmada/pkg/sharedcli/ratelimiterflag"
 	"github.com/karmada-io/karmada/pkg/util"
 	"github.com/karmada-io/karmada/pkg/util/grpcconnection"
@@ -1065,26 +1066,31 @@ func TestWorkerAndScheduleNext(t *testing.T) {
 	testCases := []struct {
 		name         string
 		key          string
+		priority     int32
 		shutdown     bool
 		expectResult bool
 	}{
 		{
 			name:         "Schedule ResourceBinding",
 			key:          "default/test-binding",
+			priority:     10,
 			shutdown:     false,
 			expectResult: true,
 		},
 		{
 			name:         "Schedule ClusterResourceBinding",
 			key:          "test-cluster-binding",
+			priority:     5,
 			shutdown:     false,
 			expectResult: true,
 		},
 	}
 
+	// enable "PriorityBasedScheduling" feature gate.
+	_ = features.FeatureGate.Set("PriorityBasedScheduling=true")
 	for _, tc := range testCases {
 		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			queue := workqueue.NewTypedRateLimitingQueue[any](workqueue.DefaultTypedControllerRateLimiter[any]())
+			queue := internalqueue.NewSchedulingQueue()
 			bindingLister := &fakeBindingLister{binding: resourceBinding}
 			clusterBindingLister := &fakeClusterBindingLister{binding: clusterResourceBinding}
 
@@ -1103,17 +1109,20 @@ func TestWorkerAndScheduleNext(t *testing.T) {
 
 			s := &Scheduler{
 				KarmadaClient:        fakeClient,
-				queue:                queue,
+				priorityQueue:        queue,
 				bindingLister:        bindingLister,
 				clusterBindingLister: clusterBindingLister,
 				Algorithm:            mockAlgo,
 				eventRecorder:        eventRecorder,
 			}
 
-			s.queue.Add(tc.key)
+			s.priorityQueue.Push(&internalqueue.QueuedBindingInfo{
+				NamespacedKey: tc.key,
+				Priority:      tc.priority,
+			})
 
 			if tc.shutdown {
-				s.queue.ShutDown()
+				s.priorityQueue.Close()
 			}
 
 			result := s.scheduleNext()
@@ -1121,7 +1130,7 @@ func TestWorkerAndScheduleNext(t *testing.T) {
 			assert.Equal(t, tc.expectResult, result, "scheduleNext return value mismatch")
 
 			if !tc.shutdown {
-				assert.Equal(t, 0, s.queue.Len(), "Queue should be empty after processing")
+				assert.Equal(t, 0, s.priorityQueue.Len(), "Queue should be empty after processing")
 			}
 		})
 	}
@@ -1224,6 +1233,7 @@ func TestCreateScheduler(t *testing.T) {
 		enableEmptyWorkloadPropagation      bool
 		plugins                             []string
 		rateLimiterOptions                  ratelimiterflag.Options
+		enablePriorityBasedScheduling       bool
 	}{
 		{
 			name:                     "scheduler with default configuration",
@@ -1313,11 +1323,11 @@ func TestCreateScheduler(t *testing.T) {
 			plugins: mockPlugins,
 		},
 		{
-			name: "scheduler with RateLimiterOptions",
+			name: "scheduler with PriorityBasedScheduling enabled",
 			opts: []Option{
 				WithRateLimiterOptions(mockRateLimiterOptions),
 			},
-			rateLimiterOptions: mockRateLimiterOptions,
+			enablePriorityBasedScheduling: true,
 		},
 	}
 
@@ -1358,8 +1368,8 @@ func TestCreateScheduler(t *testing.T) {
 			if len(tc.plugins) > 0 && sche.Algorithm == nil {
 				t.Errorf("expected Algorithm to be set when plugins are provided")
 			}
-			if tc.rateLimiterOptions != (ratelimiterflag.Options{}) && sche.queue == nil {
-				t.Errorf("expected queue to be set when rate limiter options are provided")
+			if tc.enablePriorityBasedScheduling && sche.priorityQueue == nil {
+				t.Errorf("expected priorityQueue to be set when feature gate %q is enabled", features.PriorityBasedScheduling)
 			}
 		})
 	}