The World University Karate Championships is a competition sponsored by the International University Sports Federation (FISU) and have been held every two years since 1998 each time in a different host city.
| Number | Year | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1998 |  Lille, France |
| 2 | 2000 |  Kyoto, Japan |
| 3 | 2002 |  Puebla, Mexico |
| 4 | 2004 |  Belgrade, Serbia |
| 5 | 2006 |  New York, United States |
| 6 | 2008 |  Wrocław, Poland |
| 7 | 2010 |  Podgorica, Montenegro |
| 8 | 2012 |  Bratislava, Slovakia |
| 9 | 2014 | Bar, Montenegro |
| 10 | 2016 |  Braga, Portugal |
| 11 | 2018 | Kobe, Japan |
| Year | Location | Individual | Kumite -60 kg | Kumite -67 kg | Kumite -75 kg | Kumite -84 kg | Kumite 84+ kg | Team Kata | Team Kumite |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Bratislava |  Damián Quintero | Matías Gómez |  Ömer Kemaloğlu | Serkan Yağcı |  Alexander Aliev |  Wellington Barbosa | Japan | Montenegro |
| 2014 | Bar |  Ahmed Shawky |  Amir Mehdizadeh |  Yves Martial Tadissi | Logan Da Costa |  Berat Jakupi | Danilo Lucic | Japan | Iran |
| 2016 | Braga | Hiroki Kubo | Matías Gómez | Steven Da Costa | Ali Elsawy | Mohamed Elkotby | Ljubiša Mihailovic | Japan | Japan |
| 2018 | Kobe | Yuhei Horiba | Eray Samdan |  Francesco Donofrio | Yusei Sakiyama | Kamran Madani | Saleh Abazari | Japan | Japan |
| Year | Location | Individual | Kumite -50 kg | Kumite -55 kg | Kumite -61 kg | Kumite -68 kg | Kumite +68 kg | Team Kata | Team Kumite |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 |  Bratislava | Kiyou Shimizu |  Bettina Plank | Tuba Yakan | Lucie Ignace | Lamya Matoub |  Maša Martinović | Slovakia | Egypt |
| 2014 | Bar | Kiyou Shimizu | Sahar Karaji | Yassmin Hamdy | Ingrida Suchánková | Ayumi Uekusa | Kawamura Natsumi |  Belarus | Japan |
| 2016 | Braga | Misaki Tanaka | Rocío Sánchez | Emily Thouy | Giana Lotfy | Alizée Agier | Kawamura Natsumi | Spain | Egypt |
| 2018 | Kobe | Natsuki Shimizu | Miho Miyahara | Haname Katayama | Yuki Kujuro | Kanako Oryu |  Rosa Marie Liebold | Japan | France |
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