Paz-Andrade (sometimes written as Paz Andrade) earned a doctorate in physics (1963) and became a Professor of Applied Physics (specializing in Thermodynamics) and a researcher at the University of Santiago de Compostela. She also earned a certificate of higher studies at the University of Marseille (France). She furthered her studies at the University of Manchester (UK) (where she was the first woman to be appointed a visiting research professor) and at the Institute of Microcalorimetry and Thermogenesis of the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) in Marseille.