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.

University

• World University Karate Championships

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

Champions

Men

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

Women

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