Academics
The ARCH Innovation Exchange
Building the Future of Interdisciplinary Education
Working across Manhattan University's three schools, ARCH brings together students, faculty, industry, and the community to address questions that no single discipline can answer alone. Through cross-disciplinary academic and extra-curricular programs, faculty collaboration, public scholarship, and strategic partnerships, ARCH prepares students—and the University—for an increasingly interconnected world.
Your Major Gives You Depth. ARCH Gives You Range.
Every student deserves a strong interdisciplinary foundation.
The world's most important challenges rarely fit within a single discipline. Success increasingly depends on integrating knowledge, collaborating across fields, and thinking beyond traditional boundaries.
ARCH complements every major by creating opportunities to learn, research, create, and innovate across disciplines—preparing students for careers and lives that demand both expertise and adaptability.
Whether students pursue careers in engineering, education, business, healthcare, public service, the arts or emerging fields, ARCH ensures they graduate with the adaptability and insight needed to navigate complex professional landscapes.
ARCH embodies our vision: rigorous academics connected to real-world innovation. It gives students the tools and the mindset to lead change.
Frederick Bonato, Ph.D.
President, Manhattan University
Why Interdisciplinary?
Artificial intelligence is not only computer science. Healthcare is not only biology. Cities are not only engineering. Climate change is not only environmental science.
The defining challenges of the twenty-first century demand people who can integrate ideas across disciplines. ARCH exists to cultivate those people.
"The questions that matter most rarely belong to a single discipline. ARCH creates the programs, partnerships, and spaces where students and faculty can pursue them together."
Lawrence Udeigwe, Ph.D.
Professor of Mathematics and Director of ARCH
Join the ARCH Community
Whether you're a student exploring new opportunities, a faculty member seeking collaborators, or an organization interested in partnership, ARCH offers a place to learn, create, discover, and innovate together.
Prepare for the Real World
At Manhattan University, your education is built around who you are and where you want to go. Whether you’re ready to apply or just starting to explore, take the next step when you’re ready — we’re here to help.