Which master's specialisation suits a BA graduate in Arts applying to UK or France with 1 year 6 months of work experience?

Eighteen months is enough real world experience to point clearly toward one direction, so the more useful question is what that specific work actually involved, not simply that you have an Arts degree and some work experience.

Matching Your 18 Months To A Specialisation

• Content, media, PR or client interaction: Strategic or Corporate Communications builds directly on this and opens roles across both the UK and France.
• Political science, history or international studies within your BA: International Relations or International Development is the more natural academic fit.
• Sales, marketing or corporate work: Marketing or Digital Marketing gives you a practical, employable pivot from a general Arts degree.

UK vs France For An Arts Graduate

Why Communications Comes First

Strategic and Corporate Communications rates highly on both fit for an Arts background and the value your 18 months of experience adds to it, since work in content, media or PR maps directly onto the coursework and gives you a coherent story for admissions panels in either country.

This Information Is Also Available On

Campus France, the official French national agency, which confirms that English-taught programmes require no French while French-taught ones generally expect B1 or B2 proficiency, particularly in humanities and social sciences.

My Advice

In my experience, Arts graduates with under two years of experience often pick a master's based on their original BA subject alone and ignore what their actual job has taught them since. Write out what your 18 months specifically involved, content writing, NGO work, corporate communications or sales, and let that decide the specialisation before you decide between the UK and France.