As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 5, 2007

                                                       Registration No. 33-57364
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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                        POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                              COMPUWARE CORPORATION
             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

               Michigan                                  38-2007430
    (State or Other Jurisdiction of                   (I.R.S. Employer
     Incorporation or Organization)                   Identification No.)

                One Campus Martius, Detroit, Michigan 48226-5099
                                 (313) 227-7300
    (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
                        of principal executive offices)

             Compuware Corporation 1986 Incentive Stock Option Plan
                  Compuware Corporation 1990 Stock Option Plan
             Compuware Corporation 1990 Stock Option Plan (CENTURA)
                  Compuware Corporation 1992 Stock Option Plan
       Compuware Corporation Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors
               Compuware Corporation Fiscal 1993 Stock Option Plan

                            (Full Title of the Plan)

                             Thomas M. Costello, Jr.
              Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
                               One Campus Martius
                             Detroit, MI 48226-5099
                                 (313) 227-7300
   (Name and address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area
                          code, of agent for service)



                                EXPLANATORY NOTE

Compuware  Corporation (the "Registrant") has filed  Registration  Statement No.
33-57364  covering  50,232,240  shares  (adjusted  to reflect  subsequent  stock
splits) of its common stock (the  "Registered  Shares")  for issuance  under the
Compuware   Corporation   1986  Incentive   Stock  Option  Plan,  the  Compuware
Corporation  1990 Stock  Option Plan and the  Compuware  Corporation  1990 Stock
Option Plan (CENTURA) (the "Terminated  Plans").  The Registrant does not intend
to make  further  grants  under the  Terminated  Plans and there are no  options
outstanding under the Terminated Plans. As a result,  the Registrant now desires
to discontinue the registration of the remaining  33,628,080  Registered  Shares
covered by Registration Statement No. 33-57364 relating to the Terminated Plans,
and is filing  this  Post-Effective  Amendment  for such  purpose.  Registration
Statement  No.  33-57364  also  registered  shares for issuance  pursuant to the
Compuware  Corporation 1992 Stock Option Plan, the Compuware  Corporation  Stock
Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors and the Compuware Corporation Fiscal 1993
Stock  Option  Plan,  which are not being  deregistered  by this  Post-Effective
Amendment.

                                   SIGNATURES

      Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies  that it has  reasonable  grounds to believe  that it meets all of the
requirements for filing this Post-Effective  Amendment No. 1 on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this Post-Effective  Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned,  thereunto duly authorized, in the City
of Detroit, State of Michigan on October 5, 2007.

                                   COMPUWARE CORPORATION

                               By: /s/ Laura L. Fournier
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                                       Laura L. Fournier
                                       Senior Vice President, Chief Financial
                                       Officer and Treasurer


      Pursuant  to  the  requirements  of  the  Securities  Act  of  1933,  this
Post-Effective  Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement has been signed by the
following persons in the capacities indicated on October 5, 2007.

         Signature                                           Title
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    /s/ Peter Karmanos, Jr.             Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive
    ----------------------------        Officer and Director (principal
    Peter Karmanos, Jr.                 executive officer)


    /s/ Laura L. Fournier               Senior Vice President, Chief Financial
    ---------------------------         Officer and Treasurer (principal
    Laura L. Fournier                   financial officer and principal
                                        accounting officer)



    /s/ Dennis W. Archer                Director
    ---------------------------
    Dennis W. Archer


    ----------------------------
    Gurminder S. Bedi                   Director


    /s/ William O. Grabe
    ----------------------------
    William O. Grabe                    Director


    /s/ William R. Halling
    ----------------------------
    William R. Halling                  Director


    /s/ Faye Alexander Nelson
    ----------------------------
    Faye Alexander Nelson               Director


    /s/ Glenda D. Price
    ----------------------------
    Glenda D. Price                     Director


    /s/ W. James Prowse
    ----------------------------
    W. James Prowse                     Director


    /s/ G. Scott Romney
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    G. Scott Romney                     Director