 Although primarily a women’s school, its pre-elementary, graduate, adult education, and deaf education programs accept male students.The history of Miriam College dates back to 1926 when Archbishop of Manila Michael J. O'Doherty requested the Maryknoll Sisters of St. Dominic of Ossning, New York to initiate a teacher-training program for women in the Philippines.In an old remodeled Augustinian convent in Malabon, the Malabon Normal School was established.