刘才，1948年1月出生。黑龙江绥化人。1975年毕业于东北重型机械学院（燕山大学前身）。1981年于该校获硕士学位，1982年至1986年在英国伯明翰大学留学，获博士学位。1986年回国后在燕山大学任教，1991年破格晋升教授，1993年经国务院学位委员会批准为博士研究生导师，1993年起 Liu was born in January 1948. Heilongjiang Suihua people. In 1975 graduated from the Northeast Heavy Machinery Institute (predecessor of Yanshan University). In 1981 received a master’s degree from the school, from 1982 to 1986 at the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom, a doctorate. After returning to China in 1986, he taught at Yanshan University, and was promoted to professor in 1991. In 1993, he was approved as a doctoral tutor by the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council.