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A universal joint, also known as a Hooke's joint, is a joint or coupling that connects rigid rods with angled axes. It's commonly found in rotary motion transmission shafts. It consists of a cross shaft linking two hinges that are close together and oriented at 90 degrees to each other. The objective of this project is to design and understand the working of the universal joint. Also, to determine the stresses, strains and element displacement in the existing design of the universal joint. If the existing design shows some failure, then suggest a minimum factor of safety for the joint. In this project, only the static FEA of the universal joint has been performed by the use of the Fusion 360 software. The simulation was carried out in the Static structural analysis module in the Fusion.