Our research and teaching endeavors are characterized by a broad spectrum of academic disciplines, ranging from engineering science to natural science, planning science and economics, as well as the humanities and social sciences. A number of successfully implemented reforms have helped to craft a new image for the TU Berlin. The number of courses we offer has been reduced by half over the past ten years. The university also took this opportunity to sharpen its own distinct profile. Today, the TU Berlin is distinguished by its exceptional course offerings and scientific orientation. We are the only university in the entire region to offer engineering sciences. In our role as a leading research university, we also promote cooperation between science and industry, as amply demonstrated by the high volume of external funding we receive. In order to meet future challenges posed by society and technology, the university has organized its core competencies into interdisciplinary collaborative research centers. The ongoing generational turnover of professors is also giving us the opportunity to sharpen our priorities. The TU Berlin’s strategic appointment policies thus serve to sustainably promote excellence in the most important disciplines. Present university policies give high priority to comprehensive syllabus reforms. The so-called “Bologna Process” has given us the impetus to implement new and forward-looking options in education – some of these are unique to all of Germany. A comprehensive quality assurance program to monitor course content will serve to ensure the highest possible standards for our Bachelors/Masters programs. The university has a number of its own programs in place to shorten “times-to-degree” and to improve the ratio of teachers to students. The university’s new administrative and committee structure guarantees efficient university governance and allows us to separate strategic tasks from operative ones while ensuring a high degree of autonomy. Such reforms have attracted a number of noted personalities, who now provide expert advice to university administrators. In the future, a comprehensive approach to quality management will be anchored in the fundamental principles of good university governance. To further underpin the university’s renewal process, a number of reform projects have been implemented in the university administration sector; these range from Facility Management to self-management of material costs and staff appropriations by the schools themselves. Extensive construction projects will give our university a “new look” in just a few years. With most of our schools located in Berlin’s Charlottenburg district we are indeed a “university of short hops”.