If you're serious about this, the International Centre for Brewing and Distilling at the Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh might be something to look at: http://www.bio.hw.ac.uk/icbd/icbd.htm
The Scotch Malt Whisky Society also run a whisky school, they have two coming up shortly on 27th of May in Edinburgh and on 5th of May in April, for more information go to www.smws.com or email enquires@smws.com