In 1997, following years of study and research the educational syllabus for B.A and M.A programs in Guidance and Counseling was announced by the Counseling Branch of the Higher Council of Educational Planning of the Ministry of Culture and Higher Equation. The Universities of Allameh Tabatabaei, Tarbiat Moallem, Shahid Chamran and Isfahan were allowed to launch the B.A program and the universities of Allameh Tabatabaei and Tarbiat Moallem were allowed to establish the M.A program as well. The first group of students were admitted to the B.A program in Guidance and Counseling in 1989 and this has continued ever since. The M.A program in Guidance and Counseling was established in 1998.