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Mergers and Acquisitions - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)
12 Months Ended 0 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Jan. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Business Acquisition [Line Items]      
Outstanding common stock acquired   100.00%us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionPercentageOfVotingInterestsAcquired  
Business acquisition date Jan. 31, 2014    
Total assets at consummation $ 12,328,811,000us-gaap_Assets   $ 8,735,324,000us-gaap_Assets
Loans at consummation 9,119,492,000us-gaap_LoansAndLeasesReceivableGrossCarryingAmount   6,713,599,000us-gaap_LoansAndLeasesReceivableGrossCarryingAmount
Deposits at consummation 9,045,485,000us-gaap_Deposits   6,621,571,000us-gaap_Deposits
Contractually required principal and interest at acquisition   427,858,000ubsi_CertainLoansAcquiredInTransferNotAccountedForAsDebtSecuritiesAcquiredDuringPeriodContractuallyRequiredPrincipalAndInterestAtAcquisition  
Expected cash flows at acquisition   189,277,000us-gaap_CertainLoansAcquiredInTransferNotAccountedForAsDebtSecuritiesAcquiredDuringPeriodCashFlowsExpectedToBeCollectedAtAcquisition  
Estimated fair value of acquired impaired loans at acquisition   179,199,000us-gaap_CertainLoansAcquiredInTransferNotAccountedForAsDebtSecuritiesAcquiredDuringPeriodAtAcquisitionAtFairValue  
Virginia Commerce Bancorp, Inc. [Member]      
Business Acquisition [Line Items]      
Total assets at consummation 2,769,716,000us-gaap_Assets
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Loans at consummation 2,065,490,000us-gaap_LoansAndLeasesReceivableGrossCarryingAmount
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Deposits at consummation 2,018,962,000us-gaap_Deposits
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Common stock paid in cash 8,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross
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585,533,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireBusinessesGross
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Stock options exchanged value 4,368,000ubsi_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferredStockOptionsAssumed
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Cash paid cash to redeem the warrant 33,263,000ubsi_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferredCashPaidToRedeemWarrants
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Goodwill arising from acquisition 335,644,000us-gaap_GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod
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Goodwill from acquisition expected to be tax deductible 0us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionPurchasePriceAllocationGoodwillExpectedTaxDeductibleAmount
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Downward fair value adjustment on loans acquired 88,129,000ubsi_BusinessCombinationDownwardFairValueAdjustmentOnLoansAcquired
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Downward fair value adjustment on real state properties 1,708,000ubsi_BusinessCombinationDownwardFairValueOnOtherRealEstateOwnedAcquired
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= ubsi_VirginiaCommerceBancorpIncMember
   
Premium on interest-bearing deposits acquired 6,007,000ubsi_BusinessCombinationPremiumOnInterestBearingDepositsAcquired
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Premium on term securities to purchase 3,700,000ubsi_BusinessCombinationPremiumOnTermSecuritiesSoldUnderAgreementToRepurchase
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Discount on junior subordinated debt securities acquired 16,384,000ubsi_BusinessCombinationDiscountOnJuniorSubordinatedDebtSecuritiesAcquired
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Estimated remaining life of premium on interest-bearing deposits acquired 1 year    
Estimated remaining life on premium of term securities to purchase 1 year 6 months 29 days    
Estimated remaining life of discount on junior subordinated debt securities acquired 19 years 6 months 29 days    
Assumed liabilities to provide severance benefits 109,000us-gaap_SupplementalUnemploymentBenefitsSeveranceBenefits
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Liabilities to provide severance benefits 0us-gaap_EmployeeRelatedLiabilitiesCurrent
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Revenue since acquisition included in consolidated results 100,759,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationProFormaInformationRevenueOfAcquireeSinceAcquisitionDateActual
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Revenue since acquisition included in consolidated results 44,856,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationProFormaInformationEarningsOrLossOfAcquireeSinceAcquisitionDateActual
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Virginia Commerce Bancorp, Inc. [Member] | Common Stock [Member]      
Business Acquisition [Line Items]      
Common stock value 547,894,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferredEquityInterestsIssuedAndIssuable
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Number of shares issued in the transaction   18,330,347us-gaap_BusinessAcquisitionEquityInterestsIssuedOrIssuableNumberOfSharesIssued
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Closing market price per common share   $ 29.89ubsi_ClosingMarketPricePerShare
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Virginia Commerce Bancorp, Inc. [Member] | Core Deposit Intangible Assets [Member]      
Business Acquisition [Line Items]      
Purchase price allocation of Identifiable Intangible assets $ 17,143,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationRecognizedIdentifiableAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedIndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssets
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Estimated period of amortization of core deposit intangibles 10 years