The purpose of this research was to study the experience of life balance during the period of doctoral studies in the perspective of alumni in the field of Educational Administration at a government university. By phenomenological study, informants are successful alumni, with 4 national award winners from the organization by using Snowball Sampling Method. The results showed that experience of life balance while studying for a doctorate in the perspective of an alumni in Educational Administration at a government university The common characteristics of research informants can be classified into 5 areas, with the motivation to study at a doctoral study, such as personal needs according to their own interests to develop progress in their own work. They received support from their original affiliation. Successful alumni have experience in time management while studying for their Ph.D., providing a level of work-life balance in the same direction at all priorities with the most time allocated for work and study, setting aside time for their family and their own life. The factors that are most important to the management of life balance are study and work. Then, the time was allocated for balance in other areas, namely family, finances, sanitation. For problems and obstacles in life balance management, it was found that the obstacles that affected the work-life balance were stress and workload balance for which they had a way to manage by setting time in life to be proportional balance between workload and life priorities.