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Fair Value Measurements Narrative (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
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Fair Value, Equity Securities, Fair Value Price Difference Threshold, Percent	5.00%fult_FairValueEquitySecuritiesFairValuePriceDifferenceThresholdPercent
Corporate debt securities	$ 2,219,194,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtSecurities
Significant Input, Assumed Market Return to Liquidity, Years	5 years
Other real estate owned (OREO)	14,251,000us-gaap_OtherRealEstateAndForeclosedAssets	12,022,000us-gaap_OtherRealEstateAndForeclosedAssets
Short Term Borrowings, Reprice Period, In Days	90fult_ShortTermBorrowingsRepricePeriodInDays
Minimum [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Servicing Assets and Servicing Liabilities at Fair Value, Assumptions Used to Estimate Fair Value, Prepayment Speed	12.60%us-gaap_ServicingAssetsAndServicingLiabilitiesAtFairValueAssumptionsUsedToEstimateFairValuePrepaymentSpeed / us-gaap_RangeAxis = us-gaap_MinimumMember
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Equity Securities Financial Institution [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
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Other Equity Securities [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Equity Securities	5,900,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesEquitySecurities / us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis = fult_OtherEquitySecuritiesMember	5,800,000us-gaap_AvailableForSaleSecuritiesEquitySecurities / us-gaap_MajorTypesOfDebtAndEquitySecuritiesAxis = fult_OtherEquitySecuritiesMember
Corporate Debt Securities [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
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Single-issuer Trust Preferred Securities [Member]
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
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Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items]
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