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Risk/Return [Heading] rr_RiskReturnHeading WHV International Equity Fund
Objective [Heading] rr_ObjectiveHeading Investment Objective
Objective, Primary [Text Block] rr_ObjectivePrimaryTextBlock

The WHV International Equity Fund (the "International Equity Fund" or the "Fund") seeks to achieve long-term capital appreciation.

Expense [Heading] rr_ExpenseHeading Expenses and Fees
Expense Narrative [Text Block] rr_ExpenseNarrativeTextBlock

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold Class A, Class C and Class I shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts with respect to Class A shares if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 or more in the Fund. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in the section entitled "Purchase of Shares" on page 20 of the Fund's prospectus.

Shareholder Fees Caption [Text] rr_ShareholderFeesCaption Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment):
Operating Expenses Caption [Text] rr_OperatingExpensesCaption Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment):
Fee Waiver or Reimbursement over Assets, Date of Termination rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssetsDateOfTermination 2016-08-31
Portfolio Turnover [Heading] rr_PortfolioTurnoverHeading Portfolio Turnover
Portfolio Turnover [Text Block] rr_PortfolioTurnoverTextBlock

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 5.21% of the average value of its portfolio.

Portfolio Turnover, Rate rr_PortfolioTurnoverRate 5.21%
Expense Example [Heading] rr_ExpenseExampleHeading Example
Expense Example Narrative [Text Block] rr_ExpenseExampleNarrativeTextBlock

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in shares of the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The Example below shows what you would pay if you invested $10,000 in the Fund's Class A shares, Class C shares and Class I shares for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would be:

Strategy [Heading] rr_StrategyHeading Summary of Principal Investment Strategies
Strategy Narrative [Text Block] rr_StrategyNarrativeTextBlock

The Fund normally invests in a combination of equity securities of foreign (i.e., non-U.S.) companies with a suitable potential for earnings growth. The portfolio manager uses a top-down approach to identify sectors and industries that the portfolio manager deems favorable for investment, rather than focusing on the particular country of origin of an issuer. After selecting sectors where the portfolio manager believes demand will exceed supply over time, the portfolio manager focuses on individual industries, countries and securities. The Fund may focus its investments in specific sectors or industries and may not have exposure to all economic sectors. Securities are selected based on their potential for long-term earnings growth. The portfolio manager typically constructs a portfolio of securities it believes exhibits strong earnings and growth momentum and has exceeded the expectations of securities analysts. The Fund normally invests its assets in equity securities of larger non-U.S. companies located in countries with developed markets, but may also invest in companies domiciled in emerging markets.


The portfolio manager may sell a portfolio security if it believes the fundamentals of the sector, industry, region, country or issuer are deteriorating; deems that the security has become overvalued; develops concerns about the accounting practices or management of the issuer; or determines that better investment opportunities are available.

Risk [Heading] rr_RiskHeading Summary of Principal Risks
Risk Narrative [Text Block] rr_RiskNarrativeTextBlock

The Fund is subject to the principal risks summarized below. These risks could adversely affect the Fund's net asset value ("NAV"), yield and total return. It is possible to lose money by investing in the Fund.


•  Emerging Markets Risk: Emerging markets are riskier than more developed markets because they tend to develop unevenly and may never fully develop. Investments in emerging markets may be considered speculative. Emerging markets are more likely to experience hyperinflation and currency devaluations, which adversely affect returns to U.S. investors. In addition, many emerging securities markets have far lower trading volumes and less liquidity than developed markets.


•  Equity Securities Risk: Stock markets are volatile. The price of equity securities fluctuates based on changes in a company's financial condition and overall market and economic conditions.


•  Foreign Securities Risk: The risk that investing in foreign (non-U.S.) securities may result in the Fund experiencing more rapid and extreme changes in value than a fund that invests exclusively in securities of U.S. companies, due to less liquid markets, and adverse economic, political, diplomatic, financial, and regulatory factors. Foreign governments also may impose limits on investment and repatriation and impose taxes. Any of these events could cause the value of the Fund's investments to decline.


•  Management Risk: As with any managed fund, the Adviser may not be successful in selecting the best-performing securities or investment techniques and the Fund's performance may lag behind that of similar funds. The Adviser may also miss out on an investment opportunity because the assets necessary to take advantage of the opportunity are tied up in less advantageous investments.


•  Market Risk: The risk that the market value of a security may, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably, fluctuate. The prices of securities change in response to many factors including the historical and prospective earnings of the issuer, the value of its assets, general economic conditions, interest rates, investor perceptions and market liquidity.


•  Sector Risk: The Fund may focus its investments from time to time in a limited number of economic sectors. The Fund may not have exposure to all economic sectors. To the extent that it does so, developments affecting companies in that sector or sectors will likely have a magnified effect on the Fund's NAV and total returns and may subject the Fund to greater risk of loss. Accordingly, the Fund could be considerably more volatile than a broad-based market index or other mutual funds that are diversified across a greater number of securities and sectors.


•  Valuation Risk: The risk that the Fund has valued certain of its securities at a higher price than it can sell them.

Risk Lose Money [Text] rr_RiskLoseMoney It is possible to lose money by investing in the Fund.
Bar Chart and Performance Table [Heading] rr_BarChartAndPerformanceTableHeading Performance Information
Performance Narrative [Text Block] rr_PerformanceNarrativeTextBlock

The bar chart and the performance table illustrate the risks and volatility of an investment in Class I shares of the Fund for the past four calendar years and show how the average annual total returns for one year, three years and since inception, before and after taxes, compare with those of the MSCI EAFE Index (Europe, Australasia, Far East), a broad measure of market performance. Total returns would have been lower had certain fees and expenses not been waived or reimbursed. Past performance, both before and after taxes, does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.

Performance Information Illustrates Variability of Returns [Text] rr_PerformanceInformationIllustratesVariabilityOfReturns The bar chart and the performance table illustrate the risks and volatility of an investment in Class I shares of the Fund for the past four calendar years and show how the average annual total returns for one year, three years and since inception, before and after taxes, compare with those of the MSCI EAFE Index (Europe, Australasia, Far East), a broad measure of market performance.
Performance Past Does Not Indicate Future [Text] rr_PerformancePastDoesNotIndicateFuture Past performance, both before and after taxes, does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.
Bar Chart Closing [Text Block] rr_BarChartClosingTextBlock

Calendar Year-to-Date Total Return as of June 30, 2013: 0.20%


Best Quarter  

Worst Quarter

 
  33.72

%

   

-24.86

%

 
(June 30, 2009)  

(September 30, 2011)

 
Year to Date Return, Label rr_YearToDateReturnLabel Calendar Year-to-Date Total Return
Bar Chart, Year to Date Return, Date rr_BarChartYearToDateReturnDate Jun. 30, 2013
Bar Chart, Year to Date Return rr_BarChartYearToDateReturn 0.20%
Highest Quarterly Return, Label rr_HighestQuarterlyReturnLabel Best Quarter
Highest Quarterly Return, Date rr_BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturnDate Jun. 30, 2009
Highest Quarterly Return rr_BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturn 33.72%
Lowest Quarterly Return, Label rr_LowestQuarterlyReturnLabel Worst Quarter
Lowest Quarterly Return, Date rr_BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturnDate Sep. 30, 2011
Lowest Quarterly Return rr_BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturn (24.86%)
Index No Deduction for Fees, Expenses, Taxes [Text] rr_IndexNoDeductionForFeesExpensesTaxes (reflects no deductions for fees, expenses or taxes)
Performance Table Uses Highest Federal Rate rr_PerformanceTableUsesHighestFederalRate After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes.
Performance Table Not Relevant to Tax Deferred rr_PerformanceTableNotRelevantToTaxDeferred Actual after-tax returns depend on your tax situation and may differ from those shown and are not relevant if you hold your shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.
Performance Table Closing [Text Block] rr_PerformanceTableClosingTextBlock

After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on your tax situation and may differ from those shown and are not relevant if you hold your shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts. After-tax returns shown are for Class I shares only; after-tax returns for Class A and Class C shares will vary.

Caption rr_AverageAnnualReturnCaption WHV International Equity Fund - Class I Shares Average Annual Total Returns as of December 31, 2012
MSCI EAFE (Gross) Index Class I Comparison (reflects no deductions for fees, expenses or taxes)
  
Risk/Return: rr_RiskReturnAbstract  
Average Annual Returns, 1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 17.90% [1]
Average Annual Returns, Since Inception rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception 10.70% [1]
Average Annual Returns, Inception Date rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate Dec. 19, 2008 [1]
MSCI EAFE (Gross) Index Class A Comparison (reflects no deductions for fees, expenses or taxes)
  
Risk/Return: rr_RiskReturnAbstract  
Average Annual Returns, 1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 17.90% [1]
Average Annual Returns, Since Inception rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception 7.00% [1]
Average Annual Returns, Inception Date rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate Jul. 23, 2009 [1]
Class A
  
Risk/Return: rr_RiskReturnAbstract  
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price) rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice 5.75%
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of the lower of the original purchase price or the net asset value at redemption) rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOther 1.00% [2]
Redemption Fee (as a percentage of Amount Redeemed) rr_RedemptionFeeOverRedemption (2.00%)
Management Fees rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets 1.00%
Distribution (Rule 12b-1) Fees rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets 0.25%
Other Expenses rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.21%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses rr_ExpensesOverAssets 1.46% [3]
Fee Waiver or Reimbursement rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets (0.04%) [3]
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses after Recoupment rr_NetExpensesOverAssets 1.50% [3]
Expenses Deferred Charges [Text Block] rr_ExpensesDeferredChargesTextBlock A 1.00% contingent deferred sales charge ("CDSC") may apply to investments of $1 million or more of Class A shares (and therefore no initial sales charge was paid by the shareholder) when shares are redeemed within 18 months after initial purchase. The CDSC shall not apply to those purchases of Class A shares of $1 million or more where the selling broker dealer was not paid a commission.
Expense Breakpoint Discounts [Text] rr_ExpenseBreakpointDiscounts You may qualify for sales charge discounts with respect to Class A shares if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 or more in the Fund.
Expense Breakpoint, Minimum Investment Required [Amount] rr_ExpenseBreakpointMinimumInvestmentRequiredAmount $ 50,000
Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 719
Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 1,022
Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear05 1,338
Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear10 2,231
Average Annual Returns, 1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 5.54%
Average Annual Returns, Since Inception rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception 6.09%
Average Annual Returns, Inception Date rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate Jul. 23, 2009
Class C
  
Risk/Return: rr_RiskReturnAbstract  
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price) rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of the lower of the original purchase price or the net asset value at redemption) rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOther 1.00% [2]
Redemption Fee (as a percentage of Amount Redeemed) rr_RedemptionFeeOverRedemption (2.00%)
Management Fees rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets 1.00%
Distribution (Rule 12b-1) Fees rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets 1.00%
Other Expenses rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.21%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses rr_ExpensesOverAssets 2.21% [3]
Fee Waiver or Reimbursement rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets (0.04%) [3]
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses after Recoupment rr_NetExpensesOverAssets 2.25% [3]
Expenses Deferred Charges [Text Block] rr_ExpensesDeferredChargesTextBlock A CDSC of 1.00% is assessed on redemptions of Class C shares made within 12 months after purchase.
Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 228
Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 703
Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear05 1,196
Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear10 2,554
Class I
  
Risk/Return: rr_RiskReturnAbstract  
Maximum Sales Charge (Load) imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of offering price) rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (Load) (as a percentage of the lower of the original purchase price or the net asset value at redemption) rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOther none
Redemption Fee (as a percentage of Amount Redeemed) rr_RedemptionFeeOverRedemption (2.00%)
Management Fees rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets 1.00%
Distribution (Rule 12b-1) Fees rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets none
Other Expenses rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.21%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses rr_ExpensesOverAssets 1.21% [3]
Fee Waiver or Reimbursement rr_FeeWaiverOrReimbursementOverAssets (0.04%) [3]
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses after Recoupment rr_NetExpensesOverAssets 1.25% [3]
Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 127
Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 397
Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear05 677
Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear10 $ 1,477
Annual Return 2009 rr_AnnualReturn2009 69.68%
Annual Return 2010 rr_AnnualReturn2010 16.35%
Annual Return 2011 rr_AnnualReturn2011 (14.73%)
Annual Return 2012 rr_AnnualReturn2012 12.16%
Performance Table One Class of after Tax Shown [Text] rr_PerformanceTableOneClassOfAfterTaxShown After-tax returns shown are for Class I shares only; after-tax returns for Class A and Class C shares will vary.
Average Annual Returns, 1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 12.16%
Average Annual Returns, Since Inception rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception 18.67%
Average Annual Returns, Inception Date rr_AverageAnnualReturnInceptionDate Dec. 19, 2008
Class I | After Taxes on Distributions
  
Risk/Return: rr_RiskReturnAbstract  
Average Annual Returns, 1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 11.99%
Average Annual Returns, Since Inception rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception 18.57%
Class I | After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Shares
  
Risk/Return: rr_RiskReturnAbstract  
Average Annual Returns, 1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 7.91%
Average Annual Returns, Since Inception rr_AverageAnnualReturnSinceInception 16.34%
[1] The MSCI EAFE (Gross) Index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization index that is designed to measure developed market equity performance, excluding the U.S. & Canada.
[2] A 1.00% contingent deferred sales charge ("CDSC") may apply to investments of $1 million or more of Class A shares (and therefore no initial sales charge was paid by the shareholder) when shares are redeemed within 18 months after initial purchase. The CDSC shall not apply to those purchases of Class A shares of $1 million or more where the selling broker dealer was not paid a commission. A CDSC of 1.00% is assessed on redemptions of Class C shares made within 12 months after purchase.
[3] WHV Investment Management, Inc. ("WHV" or the "Adviser"), formerly Wentworth, Hauser and Violich, Inc., has contractually agreed to reduce its investment advisory fee and/or reimburse certain expenses of the Fund to the extent necessary to ensure that the Fund's total operating expenses (excluding any class-specific fees and expenses, interest, extraordinary items, "Acquired Fund fees and expenses" and brokerage commissions) do not exceed 1.25% (on an annual basis) of average daily net assets of the Fund (the "Expense Limitation"). The Expense Limitation will remain in place until August 31, 2016, unless the Board of Trustees of FundVantage Trust (the "Trust") approves its earlier termination. The Adviser is entitled to recover, subject to approval by the Board of Trustees, such amounts reduced or reimbursed for a period of up to three (3) years from the year in which the Adviser reduced its compensation and/or assumed expenses for the Fund. No recoupment will occur unless the Fund's expenses are below the Expense Limitation.