In 1953 he was accepted to the Harbin Institute of Technology, and three years later he entered Tsinghua University. After university, he was assigned to the Harbin Institute of Technology, where he was promoted to associate professor in 1978 and to full Professor in 1985. In June 1979 he pursued advanced studies at the University of Birmingham and University of Essex in the United Kingdom, where he studied radar technology under Sherman.[1][2]
^刘永坦院士：性格如侠士，最爱听贝多芬 [Academician Liu Yongtan: His character like knight-errant and likes to listen to Beethoven's music]. sina (in Chinese). 2019-01-08.