The Austrian Wine Academy has set up a partnership with the Swiss wine research centre in Hochschule Wdenswil to offer the WSET diploma course.
The first course started in May and it hopes to attract UK students by offering an English language diploma in the future.
Course director Dr Josef Schuller MW, said: "Low budget airlines make it very feasible to students from countries such as the UK to attend the course, gain the diploma qualification and visit the wine-growing regions."