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    <periodOfReport>2014-12-15</periodOfReport>

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    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000859014</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>COMPUWARE CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>CPWR</issuerTradingSymbol>
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            <rptOwnerCik>0001169918</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>ROBERTS LEE D</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>ONE CAMPUS MARTIUS</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>DETROIT</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>MI</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>48226-5099</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
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                <value>Common stock</value>
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                <value>2014-12-15</value>
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                <transactionCode>D</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
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                    <value>13503.0000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>10.3892</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
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                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
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                <value>2014-12-15</value>
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                    <value>10.3892</value>
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                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
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            <securityTitle>
                <value>Restricted Stock Units</value>
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                <value>2014-12-15</value>
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                    <value>19047.0000</value>
                </transactionShares>
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                    <value>10.3892</value>
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                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
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            <exerciseDate>
                <value>2014-12-11</value>
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                <footnoteId id="F3"/>
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                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Each dividend equivalent right (&quot;DER&quot;) is in the form of RSUs that vest at the time the associated award vests and is the econimic equivalent of one share of Compuware common stock. The DERs were cancelled in the merger in exchange for cash consideration equal to  the merger consideration per share multiplied by the number of RSUs held at the time of the merger.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">1 for 1</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">The RSUs vest on the day immediately preceding the date of the first annual meeting of shareholders following the award date.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">The restricted stock units (&quot;RSUs&quot;) were cancelled in the merger in exchange for cash consideration equal to the merger consideration per share multiplied by the number of RSUs held at the time of the merger.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>By: /s/ Daniel S. Follis, Jr., Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2014-12-15</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
