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 | |||
| 2014 | Bar | Ahmed Shawky | Amir Mehdizadeh | Yves Martial Tadissi | Logan Da Costa | Berat Jakupi | Danilo Lucic | |||
| 2016 | Braga | Hiroki Kubo | Matías Gómez | Steven Da Costa | Ali Elsawy | Mohamed Elkotby | Ljubiša Mihailovic | |||
| 2018 | Kobe | Yuhei Horiba | Eray Samdan | Francesco Donofrio | Yusei Sakiyama | Kamran Madani | Saleh Abazari |
| 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 | |||
| 2014 | Bar | Kiyou Shimizu | Sahar Karaji | Yassmin Hamdy | Ingrida Suchánková | Ayumi Uekusa | Kawamura Natsumi | |||
| 2016 | Braga | Misaki Tanaka | Rocío Sánchez | Emily Thouy | Giana Lotfy | Alizée Agier | Kawamura Natsumi | |||
| 2018 | Kobe | Natsuki Shimizu | Miho Miyahara | Haname Katayama | Yuki Kujuro | Kanako Oryu | Rosa Marie Liebold |