College study incorporating Republican symbol on coat of arms (7)
I believe the answer is:
unicorn
'symbol on coat of arms' is the definition.
'unicorn' can be an answer for 'arms' (thesaurus). I am not certain of the 'symbol on coat of' bit.
'college study incorporating republican' is the wordplay.
'college' becomes 'uni' (I've seen this in other clues).
'study' becomes 'con' (conning is a kind of studying).
'incorporating' is an insertion indicator.
'republican' becomes 'r' (abbreviation).
'con' enclosing 'r' is 'corn'.
'uni'+'corn'='UNICORN'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for unicorn that I've seen before include "Mythical beast like horned horse" , "Imaginary white horse with long horn" , "Legendary one-horned horse" , "Mythical animal like horse with horn" , "Mythical white equine" .)