When, following the decision made on 22 August 1995 by the Higher Council of Educational Planning, the discipline of Guidance and Counseling was renamed to Counseling, the universities all over the country were required to start admitting students to four different subdisciplines. The University of Isfahan was permitted to admit students to the two subdisciplines of Family Counseling and Job Counseling. However, the department has obtained permissions to launch programs in the subdisciplines of School Counseling and Rehabilitation Counseling and is allowed to admit students to these subdisciplines as well. The Higher Council of Educational Planning, in its 313rd meeting held on 25 August 1996 , approved the establishment of PhD programs in Counseling . Subsequently the Universities of Allameh Tabatabaei and Tarbiat Moallem launched their PhD programs.