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A '''go apprentice''' {{nihongo|insei|院生|insei}} is a student learning to play [[Go (game)|Go]] at an institution, typically with the aim of becoming a [[Go_professional|professional player]]. In [[Japan]], such a student is called an ''insei'' (literally, "institution student"). Institutions for insei include the [[Nihon Ki-in]] (Japanese Go Association) and the [[Kansai Ki-in]] (Kansai Go Association). The equivalent of Go insei in [[Korea]] is "Yeon gu saeng" ({{ko-hhrm|연구생|硏究生|Yeon(-)gusaeng}}), read "Ken kyū sei" in Japanese and "Yán jiū shēng" ({{zh|c=硏究生}}, also meaning "graduate student") in Chinese.