The content of SAC's post-graduate Master program is structured in a progressive manner through which the first year design model becomes the basis for the second year design thesis. The specific work and content of the program are organized around three main principles. These principles work in synergy to make the programm highly contemporary in its endeavor to explore architecture in academic and professional terms related to the ongoing international discourse.

The program is formulated as a research program. This means that it engages with pre-defined sub-topics within an overall architectural paradigm. Research topics are defined for longer periods based on current themes in architecture and urbanism and in relation to relevant technological issues.

Each year the architectural design and research programs are formulated in relation to a precisely defined architectural brief. This brief serves to contextualise the architectural problems, which each student respectively addresses, in relation to the current status in the profession and academia as much as social and cultural parameters. The brief may be carried out with clients and/or professional consultants to meet with the exacting standards of the profession and applied research. Further to this, the program is structured around a set of core requirements that cover a variety of topical issues in architecture. The different requirements lead to the main design project, which completes the two-year training.

The teaching is organised in modules to supply each student with the input needed to complete the different requirements. Each module is structured around a specific overall theme and includes lectures, seminars, workshop and/or assignments.